| 1) A teacher is the candle that lights others in consuming
itself. |
--Giovanni Ruffini |
| The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his
faith and lovingness. |
--Kahlil Gibran |
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| 2) A teacher. . . awakens your own expectations. |
--Patricia Neal |
| The best teacher . . . inspires his listener with the
wish to teach himself. |
--Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton |
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| 3) Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. |
--Chinese Proverb |
| A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your
own mind. |
--Kahlil Gibran |
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| 4) A good teacher is one who helps you become who you
feel yourself to be. |
--Julius Lester |
| It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in
creative expression and knowledge. |
--Albert Einstein |
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| 5) The good teacher. . . discovers the natural gifts
of his pupils. . . |
--Stephen Neill |
| Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of
chalk and challenges. |
--Joyce A. Myers |
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| 6) The good teacher makes the poor student good and the
good student superior. |
--Marva Collins |
| The teacher. . . makes two ideas grow where only one
grew before. |
--Elbert Hubbard |
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| 7) A good teacher feels his way, looking for response. |
--Paul Goodman |
| A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. |
--Thomas Carruthers |
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| 8) A good teacher is also one who says something that
you won't understand until ten years later. |
--Julius Lester |
| A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his
influence stops. |
--Henry Brooks Adams |
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| 9) A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and
makes far less money. |
--Unknown |
| A teacher is paid to teach, not to sacrifice rats and
hamsters. |
--Edward A. Gall |
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| 10) A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must
hold his audience's attention. |
--John Henrik Clarke |
| A wise teacher makes learning a joy. |
--Proverb |
