1. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren
2. “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” – Brad Henry
3. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
4. “To the world, you may be just a teacher, but to your students, you are a hero.” – Unknown
5. “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
6. “The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.” – Unknown
7. “It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.” – Unknown
8. “A teacher affects eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.” – Henry Adams
9. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
10. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
11. “Your work is not to drag the world kicking and screaming into a new awareness. Your job is to do your work … sacredly, secretly, silently…and those with ‘eyes to see and ears to hear’ will respond.” – The Arcturians
12. “The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.” – Dan Rather
13. “The greatest sign of success for a teacher … is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’” – Maria Montessori
14. “Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.” – Unknown
15. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William A. Ward
16. “A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in pupils.” – Ever Garrison
17. “To teach is to learn twice.” – Joseph Joubert
18. “The curriculum contains so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element that grows the soul of a child.” – Carl Jung
19. “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
20. “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese Proverb