The best Quotes and Sayings about Teachers

The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.

We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.

Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.

As I work hard every day to inspire my students, it is ultimately they who inspire me.

Teaching is not a job. It's a lifestyle. It permeates your whole life.

No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

I touch the future. I teach.

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.