A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

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

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

If kids come to us [educators / teachers] from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.

The teacher is like the candle, which lights others in consuming itself