“Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.”– Sir Claus Moser

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”

— Charles William Eliot

“When you study great teachers… you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.”

— William Glasser

“How to be good at something. Firstly, learn on how it is done. Secondly, learn how others do it.Then do it your own way.”

Kyos Magupe

“I ended up dropping out of high school. I’m a high school dropout, which I’m not proud to say, … I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, ‘You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?’ I had teachers who I could tell didn’t want to be there. And I just couldn’t get inspired by someone who didn’t want to be there.”

— Hilary Swank

“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.”

— Karl A. Menninger

The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.

Donna Quesada, Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.”

Gail Goldwin

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

Mark Van Doren

“Thought flows in terms of stories–stories about events, stories about people, and stories about intentions and achievements. The best teachers are the best story tellers. We learn in the form of stories.”

Frank Martin