Quotes on Teaching English

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

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 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.

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

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.