Teachers Day is celebrated on Sept. 5 every year to honor and appreciate the contribution of teachers in our lives and to mark the birth anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan former president of India
Books are the means by
which we build bridges between cultures.
—Dr Rasdhakihshan
"A mediocre teacher
tells. A good teacher explains. A superior teacher demonstrates and a great
teacher inspires." ~ William Arthur Ward
"A teacher who loves learning earns the
right and the ability to help others learn." ~ Ruth Beechick
"Teaching is a very noble profession that
shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If people remember
me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me." ~ Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam
"The fitness of the pupil is shown in his
love for the acquisition of knowledge, his willingness to receive instruction,
his reverence for learned and virtuous men, his attendance upon the teacher,
and his execution of orders" ~ Dayananda Saraswati
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to
awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces
smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~ Bill Gates
"Wherever you find something extraordinary,
you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher."~Arne Duncan
"If you were successful somebody along the
line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your
life."~ Barack Obama
"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one
child, and one teacher can change the world. " ~ Malala Yousafzai
"If a country is to be corruption free and
become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key
societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother,
and the teacher." ~ Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
"Good teaching is more a giving of the
right questions than a giving of right answers" ~ Josef Albers
"Those who know, do. Those that understand,
teach.” ~ Aristotle
"The job of an educator is to teach
students to see vitality in themselves.” ~ Joseph Campbell
"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
"Good teachers know how to bring out the best in
students.” ~ Charles Kuralt
"A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one
single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who
fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name
and form." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
“A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes
itself to light the way for others.” ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that
fills you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just
gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.” ~ Robert Frost
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting
discovery.” ~ Mark Van Doren
"Come forth into the light of things, let
nature be your teacher.”
~ William Wordsworth