Insights from Teachers – Words of Wisdom and Inspiration

Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. – Alexandra K. Trenfor

A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart. – Unknown

In teaching, you learn twice. – Unknown

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. – Mark Van Doren

To teach is to touch lives forever. – Unknown

A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others. – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Every teacher opens the door, but you must enter by yourself. – Chinese Proverb

Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions. – Unknown

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. – William Arthur Ward

The influence of a good teacher can never be erased. – Unknown

A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in their own image, but to develop students who can create their own image. – Unknown

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is better. – Bob Talber

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. – Joyce Meyer

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. – Colleen Wilcox

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. – John Dewey

Insights from Teachers – Words of Wisdom and Inspiration part 2

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. – Alexandra K. Trenfor

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

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. – C.S. Lewis

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. – Henry Adams

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. – Confucius

Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say. – Unknown

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. – Jacques Barzun

A great teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. – Brad Henry

Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults. – Abraham Lincoln

The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’ – Maria Montessori

A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded. – Darwin D. Martin

A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others. – Unknown

I am not a teacher, but an awakener. – Robert Frost

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. – Mark Van Doren

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats

To teach is to learn twice. – Joseph Joubert

Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions. – Unknown

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. – Josef Albers

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes. – Guy Kawasaki

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. – Alexandra K. Trenfor

A true teacher is not one with the most knowledge, but one who causes others to have the most. – Neale Donald Walsch

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. – Henry Adams

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. – Unknown

The influence of a good teacher can never be erased. – Unknown

The best teachers are those who help you discover something within yourself that you never knew was there. – Unknown

Teaching is the only profession that creates all other professions. – Unknown

The best teachers are those who inspire you to be more than you think you can be. – Unknown

Teaching is a work of heart. – Unknown

A great teacher can change a student’s mind; a good teacher can change a student’s life. – Unknown