(1721 quotes found)
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William Arthur Ward
“The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them by the stimulating influence of the inspiration that he can impart. The true leader makes his followers twice the men they were before.”
Stephen Neill
“If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
Ignacio Estrada
“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”
Albert Einstein
“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer”
Alice Wellington Rollins
“The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.”
John Lubbock
“A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.”
Patricia Neal
“Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.”
Dr. Haim Ginott
“The object of teaching a child is to enable them to get along without their teacher.”
Elbert Hubbard
