Quotes About Education

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

If you give me rice, I'll eat today; if you teach me how to grow rice, I'll eat every day.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.

Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water

Teaching seems to me beyond doubt the greatest of the professions.

Knowledge is a free good. The biggest cost in its transmission is not in the production or distribution of knowledge, but in its assimilation. This is something that all teachers know.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

Wherever you find something extraordinary, you'll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

there is plenty to be learned even from a bad teacher: what not to do, how not to be

Students learn as much for a teacher as from a teacher.

To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.

It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.

The normal school should provide for the training of the educator to make him realize that his is a twofold job: education as a teacher and education as a propagandist.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will always be a champion for public schools, our teachers, and our children.

As in everything, nature is the best instructor.

A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be.

The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within, because you already have the insight within you.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.