EFFECTIVE TEACHERS READ, THINK, POST POSITIVE THOUGHTS

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Kahlil Gibran

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

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. ~The Talmud

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity. ~Robert Brault

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. ~John Cotton Dana

To teach is to learn twice. ~Joseph Joubert

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. ~ Gail Godwin

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. ~ Tennyson

I am not a teacher, but an awakener. ~ Robert Frost

Wonder is the desire for knowledge. ~St. Thomas Aquinas

To define is to destroy, to suggest is to create. ~ Stephane Mallarme Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ~Jacques Barzun

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed. ~Marva Collins

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. ~Elbert Hubbard

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. ~Haim G. Ginott

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. ~Mark Van Doren