I cannot
teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
Socrates BC 469-399, Greek Philosopher of Athens
Lessons
of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart
through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
Laurence Sterne
Children
should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
Terence BC 185-18159
To be good
is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less
trouble.
Mark Twain
The mediocre
teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher strates.
The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward
Men occasionally
stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Sir Winston Churchill
The fact
we must remember is that we are educating students for a world that
will not be ours but will be theirs. Give them a chance to be heard.
Dr. Carlos P. Romulo
He that
is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Ben Jonson
Trust no
one to be your teacher...except he be a mon of God, walking in his
ways and keeping his commandments. Mosiah 23:14
Book of Mormon
It must
be the aim of education to teach the citizen that he must first
of all rule himself.
Winthrop A. Aldrich
The teacher
who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire
to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Horace Mann
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