Quotes on Teacher Appreciation Day

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

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

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

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

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.