- It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
- Teachers, librarians and nurses will all get the best seats in heaven. Anne Lamott
- “You need mountains, long staircases don’t make good hikers.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- The teacher is the lesson. Naval Ravikant
- “It is a healthy approach not to expect persons to turn out precisely how you would have wished.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- Students in classes with traditional lecturing were 1.5x more likely to fail than those with active learning. Lectures might be the worst way to learn. Every class should invite students to teach one another and apply their knowledge in projects. Adam Grant (See also: The Case Against Lectures, nautil.us)
- Charlatans want you to be impressed. Real thinkers want you to understand. Angela Jiang
- There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it. Fred Rogers
- I am not a teacher, but an awakener. Robert Frost
- “Love is all that awaits you.” ― Howard Falco
- “Tomorrow is a Cheater, Yesterday is a Teacher.Today is the Moment you should Capture.” ― Somya Kedia
- The greatest teachers are the ones without an agenda. James Pierce
- The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor
- Question your teachers. If they don’t welcome it, find other teachers. Johnny Uzan
- A teacher’s real job isn’t to teach the subject; it’s to raise the curiosity of students to learn the subject. Kunal (@CrazyPolymath)
- Your teaching ability is constrained by your writing ability. If you can’t write it down, it will be nearly impossible to teach it to others. James Clear
- Teachers won’t make you clever. Personal trainers won’t make you fit. Others won’t make you happy. Books won’t make you rich. No one is going to do it for you. The responsibility is yours. Shane Parrish
- “ “To be a spiritual teacher you need to develop the skills and the art to convey the truth to others. It is the most difficult art, because something has to be said about something that cannot be said in language, something has to be transmitted which is not transmitable.To be a spiritual teacher needs a particular training, a particular training to convey, a particular training to help, a particular training to advice and counsel, a particular training to create new devices and methods, because every individual and age need something different.” ― Swami Dhyan Giten
- If you really want to create something that lasts generations, you have to help inspire the next generation. Kobe Bryant
- A good teacher sees potential in a child’s hidden strengths. A great teacher sees the potential in a child’s perceived weaknesses. Scott Barry Kaufman
- One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. Malala Yousafzai
- The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France
- Teach children how to think, not what to think. Thibaut
- Please, think of the children first. If you ever have anything to do with their entertainment, their food, their toys, their custody, their day care, their health, their education – please listen to the children, learn about them, learn from them. Fred Rogers
- It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear. Red Auerbach
- Fools impose. The wise inspire. Maxime Lagacé
- If coaching is not individualized, it’s just dogma. Brian Norgard
- Learning occurs where confusion meets interest. Unknown
- If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are. Noam Chomsky
- To educate educators! But the first ones must educate themselves! And for these I write. Friedrich Nietzsche