Six thought-provoking quotations on teaching

My friends know that I’m a big fan of quotations! I recently found a stack of mini journals I had made as a teenager that contained pages upon pages of deep and meaningful quotations, complete with illustrations! I guess I was one of ‘those’ kids!

A well-timed quote can often be the only ‘shift’ we need to change our perspective on something we’re going through. I can actually count a few quotations that have actually shaped how I choose to live my life. In this post, I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes on teaching.

1. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theater.
   ~Gail Godwin
2. To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.
   ~Henri Frederic Amiel
3. Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.
   ~Anatole France
4. What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.
   ~Soren Kierkegaard
5. Whatever you want to teach, be brief.
   ~Horace
6. A good teacher is like a candle: it consumes itself to light the way for others.
   ~Anonymous