Teachers Quotes

A wise teacher makes learning a joy.~ Traditional Proverb
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.~ Amos Bronson Alcott
Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.~ Confucius
A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money.~ Techers Quotes
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.~ Patricia Neal
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.~ Henry Brooks Adams
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.~ Horace Mann
A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.~ William Wordsworth
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.~ Arthur Koestler
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.~ Minna Antrim
Experience is the teacher of jesters and the intelligence of the wise.~ German Proverb
Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.~ Vernon S. Law
Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.~ Ken Keyes Jr.
Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best.~ Spanish Proverb
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.~ Mary Bateson
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.~ Marcus T. Cicero
He who is his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.~ German Proverb
He who flatters me is my enemy, who blames me is my teacher.~ Chinese Proverb
I am not a teacher, but an awakener ~ Robert Frost

If the pupil is smart, the teacher gets the credit.~ Yiddish Proverb
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.~ Albert Einstein
Love is a better teacher than duty.~ Albert Einstein
Necessity is a great teacher.~ Mexican Proverb
Once more I would adopt the graver style – a teacher should be sparing of his smile.~ William Cowper
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.~ William Hazlitt
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.~ Bill Gates
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.~ Hector Louis Berlioz
The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.~ Kahlil Gibran
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.~ Frederick W. Robertson
True teaching liberates the student from his teacher.~ Ernest Holmes
Teachers die, but books live on.~ Dutch Proverb
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.~
Chinese Proverb
The fault of another is a good teacher.~ German Proverb
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.~ William A. Ward
The mistakes of others are good teachers.~ Estonian Proverb
The strictness of the teacher is better to bear than the prejudice of the father.~ Iranian Proverb
The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee.~ Finnish Proverb
There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.~ Allan Bloom
What do you think of God, the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, “He’s not a think, he’s a feel.” ~ Paul Frost
Your enemy can be your greatest teacher.~ Buddha