Fourteen

A 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

Thirteen

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it. – Alexandre Dumas

A child's wisdom is also wisdom. – Jewish proverb

Twelve

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. – Gail Godwin

Nine-tenths of education is encouragement. – Anatole France

Eleven

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. – Elbert Hubbard

They know enough who know how to learn. – Henry Brooks Adams

Ten

We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free. – Epictetus

Nine

Public education is the link between our nation and our dream of liberty and justice for all. – Elaine Griffin (1995 National Teacher of the Year)

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. – James A. Garfield

Eight

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. – H. G. Wells

There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.
– John F. Kennedy

Seven

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever or whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.
– Thomas H. Huxley

Six

Every September is like Christmas, and every student, a surprise gift to open. – Mary Bicouvaris

There is something wonderful about seeing the students come back each fall. It doesn't matter if you're teaching all ages or the same age. When they come in, it is a new beginning, a fresh start. It's a rebirth of the class for sure, but it is also a personal rebirth. You get to try it again, to be better at it. I get to do my favorite things all over again and do it fresh, with new faces in front of me. And new minds that are going to go "ah-ha." – Mark Mattson

Five

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. – Samuel Johnson

It is by studying little things that we attain great knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
– Samuel Johnson