Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.
John Jay Chapman | Gift of teaching
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
Michel de Montaigne – Education, Teaching
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Henry David Thoreau – Book, Teaching
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
George Bernard Shaw – Teaching
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.
John Ruskin – Education, Teaching
The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.
Cicero – Teaching vs learning
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Aristotle – Teaching, Power
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
