Teacher Quotes

"The only true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student, and transfer his soul to the student's soul and see through the student's eyes and hear through his ears and understand through his mind."

"The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise. Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers."

"The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves."

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

"The end-product of education should be a free creative man, who can battle against historical circumstances and adversities of nature."

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

"Without education, wisdom was lost; without wisdom, morals were lost; without morals, development was lost; without development, wealth was lost. So much has happened through lack of education."

Jyotirao Phule

"The guru is the potter and the disciple the pot; with a hand supporting from within, he strikes gently from outside to shape it."

Kabir

"The deeper you dig a sand well, the more water flows; the more you learn, the more wisdom flows."

Thiruvalluvar

"Be educated, be organised and be agitated."

B. R. Ambedkar

"Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons."

Malala Yousafzai

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

Maria Montessori

"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."

John Dewey

"Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning."

Paulo Freire

"The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy."

bell hooks

"I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."

Albert Einstein

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life."

"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."

Confucius

"When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers."

Confucius

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

Frederick Douglass

"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."

Anne Sullivan

"Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me."

Fred Rogers

"Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are."

Jim Henson