Teachers don't just teach; they can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world and to understand themselves.

--Charles Platt

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

--William Arthur Ward

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

--Mark Van Doren

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

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

--Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

--Chinese Proverb

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.

--Author Unknown