"The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.“


-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

posted in teacher


The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

wisdomView Quote
"One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

truthView Quote
"Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

truthView Quote
"Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light every eye, looking on, finds its own."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

truthView Quote
"There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

truthView Quote
"Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

strengthView Quote

More Quotes About teacher

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example."

-Timothy McVeigh

teacherView Quote
"If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple."

-Dallas Willard

teacherView Quote
"If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people."

-Richard Stengel

teacherView Quote
"Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can't cut the student to your cloth you have to cut yourself to theirs."

-Jeanine Basinger

teacherView Quote
"I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies."

-Nicole Anderson

teacherView Quote
"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats."

-Joe Davis

teacherView Quote