Teacher Quotes

It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.

The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.

The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility and compassion. It made them more real.

The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrasts between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

Long before I learned to do a sum in arithmetic or describe the shape of the earth, Miss Sullivan had taught me to find beauty in the fragrant woods, in every blade of grass, and in the curves and dimples of my baby sister's hand.

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me