Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

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

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

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to read more

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.