~ The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~
~ Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. ~
~ Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. ~
~ A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~
~ A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image. ~
~ Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more. ~
~ Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures. ~
~ What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. ~
~ The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." ~
~ The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~
~ Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. ~
~ A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money ~