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  Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

  Euripides

  Inspirational, Life, Education

  Euripides (1931). “Four plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, & Iphigeneia among the Taurians”, Stanford University Press

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• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Leadership, Education

  Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit”

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

  Jacques Barzun

  Teacher, Appreciation, Educational

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  Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

  Xunzi

  Inspiring, Leadership, Teacher

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

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Thank You, Education

  Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.120, Delphi Classics

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

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Dance, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.52, St. Martin's Press

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• Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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• Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

  E. M. Forster

  Inspirational, Education, Running

  "The BBC Talks of E.M. Forster, 1929-1960: A Selected Edition". Book by Edward Morgan Forster, ‎Mary Lago, ‎Linda K. Hughes, June 3, 2008.

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• I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

  Lily Tomlin

  Education, Appreciation, Teacher

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

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

  Philip Wylie

  Teacher, Appreciation, Citizens

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• So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.

  Donald A. Norman

  Teacher, Doe, Tension

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• Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

  Mary Catherine Bateson

  Teacher, Teaching, Lessons

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• Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

  Charles Kuralt

  Teacher, Retirement, Literature

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• With respect to teachers' salaries .... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.

  Milton Friedman

  Teacher, Salary, Schedules

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.95, University of Chicago Press

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• No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman.

  John Ruskin

  Teacher, Money, Artist

  John Ruskin (1868). “pt. VI: Of leaf beauty. pt. VII: Of cloud beauty. pts. VIII-IX: Of ideas of relation”, p.363

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• I used to think great teachers inspire you. Now I think I had it wrong. Good teachers inspire you; great teachers show you how to inspire yourself every day of your life. They don't show you their magic. They show you how to make magic of your own.

  Alfred Doblin

  Teacher, Thinking, Inspire

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• A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Teacher, Teaching, Understanding

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• Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance, I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college.

  Danica McKellar

  Perseverance, Teacher, Block

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• A good teacher teaches people how to see, not what to see.

  Richard Rohr

  Teacher, People, Teach

  "Richard Rohr: Learning To See (VIDEO)". Interview with Travis Reed, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 26, 2012.

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• Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Teacher, Dad, College

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• If you're a "good" teacher, somebody who is responsible or careful, teaching takes time. Teaching is performative. Students nowadays evaluate you and there's a lot made in these evaluations about how you perform. Maybe you don't have the greatest delivery in the world. But you know a lot, have a lot to offer. So that's pretty unsettling. We've become so image-based and performance-based as a society. You have to be ready to appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" at any moment.

  Lynne Tillman

  Teacher, Teaching, World

  Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.

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• There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it's a flighty thing at best.

  Graham Coxon

  Teacher, Art, Students

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• Mac: "It's not the sidhe-seers." He stopped and went very still. JZB: "Who is it?" Mac: "The MacKeltars." He was silent a long moment. Then he began to laugh, softly. JZB: "Well played, Ms. Lane." Mac: "I had a good teacher." JZB: "The best. Hop on one foot, Ms. Lane." Mac and Barrons

  Karen Marie Moning

  Teacher, Feet, Long

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