83 Inspirational Quotes on Teaching (PASSION)

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Top 10 Inspiring Quotes on Teaching

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. - Khalil Gibran — I have **learned** silence from the talkative, **toleration** from the intolerant, and **kindness** from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. – **Khalil Gibran**

I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think. - Socrates — I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think. – **Socrates**

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. - Confucius — **Education** breeds **confidence**. Confidence breeds **hope**. Hope breeds **peace**. – **Confucius**

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela — Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to **change** the world. – **Nelson Mandela**

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. - Benjamin Franklin — Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. – **Benjamin Franklin**

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein — It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in **creative** expression and **knowledge**. – **Albert Einstein**

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. - Colleen Wilcox — Teaching is the greatest act of **optimism**. – Colleen Wilcox

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. - Swami Vivekananda — You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. – **Swami Vivekananda**

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. - John Dewey — Education is not **preparation** for **life**; education is life itself. – **John Dewey**

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. - Joseph Addison — What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. – Joseph Addison

20 Quotes on Teaching to Become a Good Teacher

“None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots.”
Thurgood Marshall

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher. - John Strachan — To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher. – John Strachan

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. - Brad Henry — A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the **imagination**, and instill a **love** of learning. – Brad Henry

“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.”
Robert Frost

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. - Temple Grandin — I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. – Temple Grandin

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. - Philip Wylie — One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. – Philip Wylie

“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.”
Amos Bronson Alcott

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. - Alexander the Great — I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. – **Alexander the Great**

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. - Solomon Ortiz — Education is the key to **success** in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. – Solomon Ortiz

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William A. Ward — The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. – **William A. Ward**

I touch the future. I teach. - Christa McAuliffe — I touch the **future**. I teach. – **Christa McAuliffe**

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students. - Charles Kuralt — Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students. – Charles Kuralt

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. - Karl Meninger — What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. – Karl Meninger

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. - Aristotle — The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. – **Aristotle**

A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others. - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others. – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. - C. S. Lewis — The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. – **C. S. Lewis**

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. - Joyce Meyer — Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and **challenges**. – **Joyce Meyer**

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. - Henry Adams — A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. – Henry Adams

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. - Horace Mann — A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. – Horace Mann

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor. - Soren Kierkegaard — Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor. – **Soren Kierkegaard**

12 Motivational Quotes on Teaching

“The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.”
Dan Rather

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. - Jim Rohn — If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need **motivation** to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. – **Jim Rohn**

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats — Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats

“Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you’ve got something to share.”
Steve Harvey

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. - William Hazlitt — **Prosperity** is a great teacher; adversity a greater. – William Hazlitt

Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

“It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.”
Henri Frederic Amiel

Your best teacher is your last mistake. - Ralph Nader — Your best teacher is your last mistake. – Ralph Nader

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. - Edward Gibbon — Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. - Galileo — You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. – Galileo

If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself. - Romain Rolland — If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself. – **Romain Rolland**

Experience teaches only the teachable. - Aldous Huxley — Experience teaches only the teachable. – Aldous Huxley

13 Quotes on Teaching a Child

“Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”
Rita Pierson

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. - Margaret Mead — **Children** must be taught how to think, not what to think. – Margaret Mead

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. - George Bernard Shaw — What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. – **George Bernard Shaw**

“If kids come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.”
Barbara Colorose

It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. - Phyllis Diller — We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. – Phyllis Diller

“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”
Carl Jung

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 — 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

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed! - Anne Sullivan — My heart is singing for joy this morning! A **miracle** has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed! – Anne Sullivan

“When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.
Bertrand Russell

[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. - Jim Henson — [Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. – Jim Henson

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. - Malala Yousafzai — One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. – **Malala Yousafzai**

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. - Elbert Hubbard — The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. – **Elbert Hubbard**

10 Quotes on Teaching and Learning

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts; it is acquiring understanding. - William Arthur Ward — Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts; it is acquiring understanding. – William Arthur Ward

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. - Albert Einstein — I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. – Albert Einstein

You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. - Clay P. Bedford — You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. – Clay P. Bedford

You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student. - Elisabeth Rohm — You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student. – Elisabeth Rohm

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. - Oscar Wilde — Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. – **Oscar Wilde**

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn. - Bertolt Brecht — The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn. – Bertolt Brecht

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. - Phil Collins — In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. – Phil Collins

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased. - J. Krishnamurti — Real learning comes about when the **competitive** spirit has ceased. – **J. Krishnamurti**

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. - Plato — Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. – **Plato**

No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it. - Peter Drucker — No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it. – **Peter Drucker**

2 Quotes on Teaching Philosophy and History

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. - Carter G. Woodson — Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. – Carter G. Woodson

History is Philosophy teaching by example. - Thucydides — History is Philosophy teaching by example. – Thucydides

16 Thought-Provoking Quotes on Teaching

“If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.”
Confucius

Everybody's a teacher if you listen. - Doris Roberts — Everybody’s a teacher if you listen. – Doris Roberts

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. - Henny Youngman — A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. – Henny Youngman

“Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the ‘naturals’, the ones who somehow know how to teach.”
Peter Drucker