«Good teacher»

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day’s teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

Gilbert Highet

The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike.

H. L. Mencken

Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.

Ann Lieberman

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.

Author Unknown

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

Josef Albers

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

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.

K. Patricia Cross

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

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

Marva Collins

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

William A. Ward

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.

Khalil Gibran

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

Gail Godwin

A truly special teacher is very wise, and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes.

Author Unknown