The Essence of Teaching

You cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

Galileo Gallilei

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

Socrates

One mark of a great educator is the ability to lead students out to new places where even the educator has never been.

10 Great Communication Quotes

Thomas Groome

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

Chinese Proverb

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.

Confucius

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

Teach a child how to think, not what to think.

Sidney Sugarman

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Malcom S. Forbes

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Buddha

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

Carl Rogers

Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.

W. McKeachie

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.

Bob Talbert

The best way to teach people is by telling a story.

Ken Blanchard

 Teaching by Example

Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.

Unknown

By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.

Latin Proverb

One father is worth 100 schoolmasters.

George Herbert

 Teaching by Inspiring

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

William Arthur Ward

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton