Teaching Quotes

“When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.”

“He who is master of the art of questioning is master of the art of teaching.”

“A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man whom you meet on the street.”

“It is a rare expert who combines a masterful command of his subject with the ability to make it accessible to the layman.”

“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”

“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”

“A nanosecond is the time it takes for light to travel 11.8 inches.”

“A teacher is a person who can put themselves in the place of those who find learning hard.”

“That a man who has been professedly a teacher of others, should discover on every occasion, a want of the common principles of grammar, is truly curious.”

“To be a leader is to be a teacher.”

“My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed.”

“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”

“There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August.”

“My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!”

“Coaching is about teaching and developing people.”

“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.”

“The coach is the teacher.”

“A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it.”

“Every student is a different kind of plant and needs a different kind of cultivation.”

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