"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
"Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions."
"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."
"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron."
"The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see."
"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."