"just Right"

“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." ~Dan Rather
Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~Author Unknown
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Brooks Adams
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple. ~Amos Bronson Alcott
Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more. ~Bob Talbert
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. ~Thomas Szaz
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
My love is thine to teach; teach it but how,
And thou shalt see how apt it is to learn
Any hard lesson that may do thee good.
William Shakespeare
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well." – Aristotle
"The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book." – Anonymous
The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles....He is a senior student anxious to help his juniors.
William Osler
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ~Alexander the Great
Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around. ~Helen Peters
He who opens a school door, closes a prison. ~Victor Hugo