Monday, September 24, 2007

Teaching Quotes

"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."
-Chinese Proverb

"A good teacher is like a candle- it consumes itself to lifght the way for others."
-Author Unknown

"The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book."
-Author Unknown

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influences stops."
-Henry Brooks Adams

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds of the purpose of satisfying it afterwards."
-Anatole France

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
-William Arthur Ward

1 comment:

Jenny Whitley said...

Here's one of my favorites:

"Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of the fire."
-William Butler Yeats