Great Teacher Quotes

Many atheists embrace Jesus as having been a great teacher, and yet he's the one who had the most to say about hell. — J.P. Moreland

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones. — Condoleezza Rice

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education. — Laurence Housman

It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher. — Michael Ignatieff

He thought of Jesus as a great teacher, a rebel who refused to see the poor and disenfranchised mistreated. — Alice Hoffman

A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives. — Deval Patrick

I think you'll be a great teacher, said Gary. That's his role in my life: blind encourager and ambassador of false senses of security. — Matthew Norman

A great teacher attains immortality in his students. — David Mitchell

Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents. — Melissa Breen

Teaching is not only a profession, but it a is a purpose of a great life. — Debasish Mridha

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad. — Beau Bridges

The great pilot can sail even when his canvass is rent. — Seneca The Younger

There is no doubt that the foundation of being a great yoga teacher is being a great yoga student. — Rod Stryker

Discipline will only teach the techniques - a great teacher gives discipline, motivation and love — Maury Massler

When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor. — Brian Blessed

Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Of great interest to students and teachers of immigrant history as well as to those of Polish descent. — Florian Znaniecki

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz — William L.K.

Great Teacher, guide me in your truth and teach me. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound! — Kabir

Although failure is a great teacher, we cannot afford the time to learn from our failures. Human societies cannot be subjected to such a process. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer. — Oprah Winfrey

Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head! — J.K. Rowling

Life is like a great teacher ... she will repeat the lesson until you learn. — Ricky Martin

EVOLUTION
A great parent/mentor/teacher will push you beyond their attained status — Kamil Ali

The amount of psychology which is necessary to all teachers need not be very great. — William James

A great teacher is one that helps their students to become great. In return, the students appreciate the teacher for their success. — Debasish Mridha

They say that time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Mark Lawrence

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. — Charles Henry Fowler

Failure is a great teacher; but never insist on hiring one for yourself. Learn vicariously from others' teachers. — Ashok Kallarakkal

A great teacher not only teaches, but they also encourage and appreciate improvement. — Debasish Mridha

Interpretation is the evidence of growth and knowledge, the latter through sorrow ? that great teacher. — Eleanora Duse

Life is the great teacher. — James Joyce

Experience is a great teacher, and sometimes a pretty teacher is a great experience. — Evan Esar

Hurt is a great teacher, maybe the greatest of all. — Pat Conroy

Molly and Teacher eyed each other in the manner of two young women who will never, ever, be great friends. — Dave Barry

Clergymen almost necessarily fail in two ways as teachers of morals. They condemn acts which do no harm and they condone acts which do great harm. — Bertrand Russell

Martin Luther King Jr. was a great teacher and just a great person in general. — Akeem Ayers

A great teacher not only teaches, they cultivate green fields to grow beautiful flowers to spread the fragrance of peace, happiness, and prosperity. — Debasish Mridha

Describing Robert Bunsen:
As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and friend he was greatest. — Henry Enfield Roscoe

Oh, great. She could be a hybrid. Just like her sociology teacher's car. — C.C. Hunter

If there are no great teachers, how can we expect a great future? — Debasish Mridha

Repetition is indeed a great teacher when learning any mathematical skill. — Kenneth Williams

The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so. — Idries Shah

Time is a great teacher,
Who can live without hope? — Carl Sandburg

A poor teacher complains, an average teacher explains, a good teacher teaches, a great teacher inspires. — Hosur Narasimhaiah

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be. — H.L. Mencken

I had a great chemistry teacher and found it really interesting to learn how things are made up and how they work. — Kelli Berglund

All began in love, all seeks to return in love. Love is
the law, the teacher of wisdom, and the great revealer of mysteries. — Starhawk

It brings tears of joy to a teacher's eye when the student becomes a great success. — Debasish Mridha

Every great leader is a great teacher, and the greatest leaders seize every opportunity to teach well. — Albert Mohler

Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me. — Rob Sheffield

Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility. — George Sarton

A great teacher plants the seeds of greatness in the minds of future generations. — Debasish Mridha

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. — William Hazlitt

All the great teachers have left a similar message: Go within, discover your invisible higher self and know God as the love that is within you. — Wayne Dyer

Jesus Christ is infinitely more than a great teacher and philosopher. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Great teachers are usually a little crazy. — Andy Rooney

The measure of a great teacher isn't what he or she knows; it's what the students know. — John C. Maxwell

Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts. — William James Mayo

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle} — Alexander The Great

Meditate on enlightenment. Read the exploits of the great teachers, the great saints. They'll inspire you. Their power is there. — Frederick Lenz

Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates

The student asked the master,
"Teacher, what should I do to become great?"
the master replied:
Succeed where others have failed. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way. — Jennifer James

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us. — Peter Matthiessen

I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater. — Elizabeth Olsen

A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself. — Bobby Ray Inman

Every great leader is clearly teaching and every great teacher is leading — Robert J. Marzano

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. — Gordon Ramsay

A student with greater talent than his teacher needs great humility. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher. — James Joyce

Make nature your best teacher. With great love, learn from her the lessons of life. — Debasish Mridha

I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher. — Nikki Giovanni

Every great teacher who has ever walked the planet has told you that life was meant to be abundant. — James Arthur Ray

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master. — Samuel Johnson

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires — William Arthur Ward

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say! — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Wherever you find something extraordinary, you'll find the fingerprints of a great teacher. — Arne Duncan

Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others. — Mahatma Gandhi

A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward

A great teacher makes hard things easy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A teacher who is only interested in great talents is like a man who only seeks the company of rich people. — Carl Flesch

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too. — Susanne Bier

Now let's sincerely and wholeheartedly wish long life to our great leader, great teacher, great commander, and great helmsman, Chairman Mao." Her — Ji-li Jiang

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared. — Sonia Sotomayor

time is the best teacher; patience is the best lesson — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon. — John Leguizamo

I'm one of those people who're good at everything but I'm not great at anything. I thought I'd be a chef or a teacher. — Jesse Lacey

Looking for a great teacher who can tell you what will happen in the future? Ask the ancient ruins what will happen! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A great teacher is the architect of a great future. — Debasish Mridha

Either Jesus is the Son of God ; or a madman or worse. But His
being just a great teacher? He's not left that open to us. — C.S. Lewis

Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door. — Richard Hamming

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. — Jim Afremow

There is no better teacher of rough necessity than bad luck, and you will have great use of me, I promise. — Catherynne M Valente

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great. — Jonathan Shapiro

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. — Kobe Bryant

No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget. — William James

The best teachers coach their students and the best coaches are great teachers. — Grant Teaff

A good teacher teaches through words. A Great teacher teaches through actions. A good teacher is appreciated. A great teacher is emulated. — Shubha Vilas