List Of Proverbs About Teaching and Teachers
Sayings about Teaching & Teachers
Teaching in youth is like carving in stone. ~ Moroccan Proverb
One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace. ~ Polish Proverb
Teachers die, but books live on. ~ Dutch Proverb
Who gives to me, teaches me to give. ~ Dutch Proverb
Teach your son in the front garden and your wife on the pillow. ~ Chinese Proverb
Love teaches even asses to dance. ~ French Proverb
If the pupil is smart, the teacher gets the credit. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The young cannot teach tradition to the old. ~ Beninese Proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Chinese Proverb
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least. ~ Traditional Proverb
Who God does not teach, man cannot. ~ Gaelic Proverb
He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil. ~ German Proverb
The mistakes of others are good teachers. ~ Estonian Proverb
He who does not teach his son a trade teaches him to steal. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Hold your children with your heart but teach them with your hands. ~ Russian Proverb
Better untaught than ill taught. ~ Italian Proverb
When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew. ~ Yiddish Proverb
To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under. ~ Traditional Proverb
Diligence is a great teacher. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Teach thy tongue to say, “I do not know “. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Need teaches a plan. ~ Irish Proverb
He who flatters me is my enemy, who blames me is my teacher. ~ Chinese Proverb
It’s not the fault of the parrot, but of the one who teaches him to talk. ~ Guatemalan Proverb
It is difficult to teach a cow to climb a tree. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
To do nothing teaches evil. ~ Dutch Proverb
The strictness of the teacher is better to bear than the prejudice of the father. ~ Iranian Proverb
In a place without dogs they teach the cats to bark. ~ Georgian Proverb
The work will teach you how to do it. ~ Estonian Proverb
By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. ~ Latin Proverbs
Experience is the best teacher. ~ Traditional Proverb
The chicken sings what the cock teaches him. ~ French Proverb
Eggs cannot teach a hen. ~ Russian Proverb
Once it was the parents who taught their children to talk; now the children teach their parents to keep quiet. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
You can’t teach old dog new tricks. ~ Traditional Proverb
The fault of another is a good teacher. ~ German Proverb
The world teaches you more than your supervisor. ~ Maltese Proverbs
Water quenches the thirst but does not teach you how to sing. ~ German Proverb
Experience is the teacher of jesters and the intelligence of the wise. ~ German Proverbs
The one who teaches is the giver of eyes. ~ Tamil Proverb
No need to teach an eagle to fly. ~ Greek Proverb
The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee. ~ Finnish Proverb
Marriage teaches you to live alone. ~ French Proverb
A wise teacher makes learning a joy. ~ Traditional Proverb
Falling teaches us to walk safely. ~ Dutch Proverb
Necessity is a great teacher. ~ Mexican Proverb
You know, you teach. You do not know, you learn. ~ Lao Proverb
In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~ Traditional Proverb
He who does not research has nothing to teach. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Teaching
True teaching liberates the student from his teacher.~ Ernest Holmes
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.~ Minna Antrim
Love is a better teacher than duty.~ Albert Einstein
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.~ William A. Ward
I am not a teacher, but an awakener ~ Robert Frost
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.~ William Hazlitt
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.~ Arthur Koestler
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.~ Hector Louis Berlioz
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.~ Marcus T. Cicero
A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.~ Henry Brooks Adams
Once more I would adopt the graver style — a teacher should be sparing of his smile.~ William Cowper
Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.~ Ken Keyes Jr.
The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.~ Kahlil Gibran
There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.~ Allan Bloom
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.~ Albert Einstein
Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.~ Confucius
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.~ Frederick W. Robertson
What do you think of God, the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, “He’s not a think, he’s a feel.” ~ Paul Frost
Your enemy can be your greatest teacher.~ Buddha
Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.~ William Wordsworth
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.~ Bill Gates
Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.~ Vernon S. Law
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.~ Mary Bateson
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.~ Amos Bronson Alcott
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.~ Patricia Neal
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.~ Horace Mann