Quotes for Teachers

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see."  Alexandra K. Trenfor

"I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think."  Socrates

"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."  Ignacio Estrada

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."  Mark van Doren

"A master can tell you what he expects of you.  A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations."  Patricia Neal

"The object of teaching a child is to enable them to get along without their teacher."  Elbert Hubbard

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."  John Cotton Dana

"The mediocre teacher tells.  The good teacher explains.  The superior teacher demonstrates.  The great teacher inspires."  William Arthur Ward

"The years teach much which the days never know."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Alone we can do so little.  Together we can do so much." Helen Keller

"Most great learning happens in groups.  Collaboration is the stuff of growth." Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D.

"Teamwork divides the tasks and multiplies the success."  author unknown

"No one can whistle a symphony.  It takes a whole orchestra to play it."  H.E. Luccock

"If we would just support each other-that's ninety percent of the problem."  Edward Gardner

"No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you."  Althea Gibson

"In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed."  Charles Darwin

"If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately."  Benjamin Franklin

"The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side."  Margaret Carty

"Many hands make light work."  John Heywood

"Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable."  Kenyan Proverb

"None of us is as smart as all of us."  Ken Blanchard

"A man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it."  Father Strickland

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,committed people can change the world.  Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."  Margaret Meade

"A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skill of the others."  Norman Shidle

"Individually, we are one drop.  Together, we are an ocean."  Ryunosuke Satoro

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened."  Buddha

"Teamwork is the only way to reach our ultimate moments, and create breakthroughs that define our careers and fulfill our lives."  Pat Riley

"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself."  Henry Ford