Inspirational Quotes

I touch the future...I teach. ~Christa McAullife

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all you life, but in a new way. ~Doris Lessong

You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Author Unknown

I am only one; but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something. I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. ~Author Unknown

There is NO research to support the following model of teaching: Assign chapters to read, Answer the questions at the end of the chapters, Take notes on a lecture, Watch a movie, Take a test. ~Author Unknown

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. ~Haim Ginott

I am not a teacher, but an awakener. ~Robert Frost

My teacher thought I was smarter than I was; so I was. ~six year old student

Results and Responsibilities-NOT excuses. ~Author Unknown

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark. ~Chinese Proverb

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Author Unknown

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. ~Thomas Carruthers

He who dares to teach must never cease to learn. ~Author Unknown

All learning begins with the simple phrase, "I don't know". ~Author Unknown

They may forget what you said, But they will never forget how you made them feel. ~Author Unknown

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ~Alvin Toffler

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves. ~Robert Hutchins

It is not so much what is poured into the student, but what is planted that really counts. ~Author Unknown

The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon. ~Author Unknown

By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. ~Latin Proverb

To teach is to learn twice. ~Joseph Joubert

Teach a child how to think, not what to think. ~Sidney Sugarman

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Ward

To teach is to touch lives forever. ~Author Unknown

Good teacher is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ~Gail Godwin

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. ~Bob Talbert