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“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”

“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.”

“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.”

“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.”

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

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

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”

“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.”

“Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.”

“A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.”

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

“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.”

“Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”

“Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.”

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.”