“Teaching is the highest form of understanding.”

– Aristotle

“I’ve learned… that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.”

– Andy Rooney

“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.”

– Anatole France

“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”

– Albert Einstein

“Life’s too mysterious to take too serious.”

– Mary Engelbreit

“Just keep taking chances and having fun.”

– Garth Brooks

“There’s no fear when you’re having fun.”

– Will Thomas

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”

– Zig Ziglar

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”

– Robert Frost

“A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.”

– Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

“There is no failure. Only feedback.”

– Robert Allen

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”

– Colleen Wilcox

“Teachers should guide without dictating, and participate without dominating.”

– C.B. Neblette

“Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.”

– Chinese Proverb