“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
“A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.”
“The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.”
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
“The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.”
“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”
“Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.”
“No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.”
“A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.”
“To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.”
“Once more I would adopt the graver style -- a teacher should be sparing of his smile.”
“We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit.”
“The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.”
“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.”
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”
“To teach successfully we must tell all we know, but only what is adaptable to the student.”
“Morality sticks faster when presented in brief sayings than when presented in long discourse.”
“Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement.”
“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.”
“My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.”
“I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.”
“Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.”
“A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.”
“The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.”
“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.”
“The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.”
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
“The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.”
“Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.”
“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”