I am not a teacher, but an awakener. Robert Frost
Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way. George Evans
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. Colleen Wilcox
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner. Elbert Hubbard
I always felt I needed to teach to survive. Leonard Baskin
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
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’. Dan Rather
Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century. David Puttnam
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
We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. Maria Montessori
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. Temple Grandin
I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. Haim G. Ginott
I think once you’re in the public eye, whether you’re a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you’re automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question. Talib Kweli
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process. A. Bartlett Giamatti
