Teaching Quotes

Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. 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 child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.[Uma criança pode sempre ensinar três coisas a um adulto: a ficar contente sem motivo, a estar sempre ocupado com alguma coisa, e a saber exigir – com toda a força – aquilo que deseja.]

You can’t teach the old maestro a new tune.[repeated line]

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.[O que é um mestre? Pois eu lhe respondo: não é aquele que ensina algo, mas aquele que inspira o aluno a dar o melhor de si para descobrir o que ele já sabe.]

Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There’s no feeling on earth like it.

True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.[Ensinar é mostrar que é possível. Aprender é tornar possível a si mesmo.]

Teach your child to hold his tongue, he’l learn fast enough to speak.

Only one word more concerning the desire to teach the world what it ought to be. For such a purpose philosophy at least always comes too late.