A master can tell you what he
expects of you. A teacher, though,
awakens your own expectations.
?Patricia Neal
There is no real teacher who
in practice does not believe in
the existence of the soul, or
in a magic that acts
on it through speech.
?Allan Bloom
No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer
than that blown by the successful teacher.
?William Osler
Who dares to teach must
never cease to learn.
?John Cotton Dana
Diligence is a great teacher.
?Saudi Arabian Proverb
A teacher affects eternity; he can
never tell where his influence stops.
?Henry Brooks Adams
Those who know how to
think need no teachers.
?Mahatma Gandhi
I cannot teach anybody anything,
I can only make them think.
?Socrates
The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
?William A. Ward
Teaching is not a lost art, but
the regard for it is a lost tradition.
?Jacques Barzun
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.
?Colleen Wilcox
Teachers open the door, but
you must enter by yourself.
?Chinese Proverb
I am indebted to my father for living,
but to my teacher for living well.
?Alexander the Great
I have learned silence from the talkative,
toleration from the intolerant, and
kindness from the unkind; yet strange,
I am ungrateful to those teachers.
?Kahlil Gibran
Experience is a good teacher,
but she sends in terrific bills.
?Minna Antrim