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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of
counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
Charles William Eliot
tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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The Voice
There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long,
"I feel this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong."
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What's right for you--just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.
Shel Silverstein
tags: books, inner-voice, leaders, parents, right, teachers, true-to-self, wring
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The
great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward
tags: curiosity, leadership, mentoring, teachers, teaching
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these
only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Aristotle
tags: greek, mentors, philosophy, teachers
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The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect
for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
Socrates
tags: humor, teachers, teens
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There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move,
and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Robert Frost
tags: inspirational, teachers
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Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.
Heather Brewer, Eighth Grade Bites
tags: humor, teachers
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People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that
evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not
about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically
illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
tags: america, big-bang, big-bang-theory, church-and-state, creation, creationism, dinosaurs, education,evolution, firstamendment, freedom, freedom-of-religion, intelligent-design, letters, literacy, new-jersey,new-york-times, noah-s-ark, religio
n, science, scientific-literacy, teachers, teaching
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They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it
Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
tags: learning, teachers
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The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave

anything out. I have read like a man on fire my whole life because the
genius of English teachers touched me with the dazzling beauty of language.
Because of them I rode with Don Quixote and danced with Anna Karenina at a
ball in St. Petersburg and lassoed a steer in "Lonesome Dove" and had
nightmares about slavery in "Beloved" and walked the streets of Dublin in
"Ulysses" and made up a hundred stories in the Arabian nights and saw my
mother killed by a baseball in "A Prayer for Owen Meany." I've been in ten
thousand cities and have introduced myself to a hundred thousand strangers
in my exuberant reading career, all because I listened to my fabulous

English teachers and soaked up every single thing those magnificent men and
women had to give. I cherish and praise them and thank them for finding me
when I was a boy and presenting me with the precious gift of the English
language.
Pat Conroy
tags: conroy, english, literature, reading, teachers
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When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than
from their style.
William Glasser
tags: education, hsocial-experience, teachers, teaching
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I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}
Alexander the Great
tags: aristotle, debt, father, teacher, teachers
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The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down
and play dead for censors.
Bruce Coville
tags: censorship, heroes, librarians, teachers
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A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.
Ruth Beechick, An Easy Start in Arithmetic, Grades K-3
tags: education, learning, school, teachers, teaching
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What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.

Karl A. Menninger
tags: teachers
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A NATION'S GREATNESS DEPENDS ON ITS LEADER

To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do
not let the media or the establishment make you pick from the people they choose, but instead
choose from those they do not pick. Pick a leader from among the people who is heart-driven, one
who identifies with the common man on the street and understands what the country needs on every
level. Do not pick a leader who is only money-driven and does not understand or identify with the
common man, but only what corporations need on every level.
Pick a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true
freedom of speech, not censorship. Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but
also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries.
Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick
a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with
integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a
leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages
diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the
environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and
pharmaceutical lobbyist.
Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within
their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a
national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not
weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and
terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination.
Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not

secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction.
Truth, not lies.
Most importantly, a great leader must serve the best interests of the people first, not those of
multinational corporations. Human life should never be sacrificed for monetary profit. There are no
exceptions. In addition, a leader should always be open to criticism, not silencing dissent. Any leader
who does not tolerate criticism from the public is afraid of their dirty hands to be revealed under
heavy light. And such a leader is dangerous, because they only feel secure in the darkness. Only a
leader who is free from corruption welcomes scrutiny; for scrutiny allows a good leader to be an even
greater leader.
And lastly, pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the
people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness.
Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of
becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great
leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a
bribe.
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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ensor, censorship, chaos, character, cheap-labor, citizens, common-man, common-man-s-plight, companies, confident, con
flict, conscience, converge, convergence, copy, corporate, corporations,corrupt, corruption, country, criticism, criticize, cultur
e, cultured, cut-spending, darkness, democracy,democrat, developer, diplomacy, diplomatic, dirty-hands, discrimination, dive
rsity, divide, division, doctor,education, educators, ego, elections, employment, emulate, encourages, environment, environm
entalist,equalityown, establishment, fair, fairness, families, family, farmer, fear, fiction, flaws, foreign-relations, free,freerepublic, freedom, freedom-of-expression, freedom-of-speech, funding, future-leaders, global-citizen,government, governme
nt-funding, government-spending, great-leader, greatness, greed, guns, hate,healthcare, heart, heart-driven, hearts, hire, ho
nest, honest-broker, honesty, honorable, human-right,human-rights, humanities, humanity, humility, hypocrisy, ignorance, im
mature, immaturity, improvement,incentives, injustice, inspiration, inspire, integrity, intellectual, intellectualism, intelligent, job
s, justice,knowledge, labor, lawlessness, leader, leadership, libraries, library, lie, lies, lobbyist, losing-homes, losing-jobs, lyin
g, media, mind-driven, monetary-profit, money-driven, morality, multiculturalism, multinational,nation, national, need, nominat
e, nomination, oil, outsource, paycheck, peace, peacemaker, peacemakers,people, people-first, people-over-profits, preserv
ation, preserve, president, profit, proptests, protect,protest, public, quiet, racial-discrimination, racism, republic, republican, re
volution, sacrifice, school, schools,scrutiny, secrecy, secure, segregation, self-interests, silencing-dissent, stability, street, stri
ve, strong,substance, superficial, superficiality, teacher, teachers, terror, tolerance, tolerate-criticism, transparency,truth, und
erstand, unite, united, unity, walls, wants, war, we-the-people, weapons, wisdom, world-citizen
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You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
tags: authority, education, teachers
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Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I
think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.
Neal Shusterman, Bruiser
tags: school, students, teachers
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The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can
definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more
fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers,
great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life.
Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
tags: compassion, fulfillment, masters, parents, patience, teachers, wise
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You'll have a good, secure life when being alive means more to you than security, love more than
money, your freedom more than public or partisan opinion, when the mood of Beethoven's or Bach's
music becomes the mood of your whole life when your thinking is in harmony, and no longer in
conflict, with your feelings when you let yourself be guided by the thoughts of great sages and no
longer by the crimes of great warriors when you pay the men and women who teach your children
better than the politicians; when truths inspire you and empty formulas repel you; when you
communicate with your fellow workers in foreign countries directly, and no longer through
diplomats...
Wilhelm Reich, Listen, Little Man!
tags: bach, beethoven, diplomats, freedom, life, love, money, opinion, politicians, security, teachers, workers
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Fifty? Harry gasped.

Fifty points each, said Professor McGonagall, breathing heavily.
Professor please
You cant
Dont tell me what I can and cant do, Potter. Ive never been more ashamed of Gryffindor
students.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
tags: gryffindor, mcgonagall, points, students, teachers
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The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the
heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always
thought that teachers in their way are holy--angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.
Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses
tags: calling, teachers
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The Master said, A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the
present.
(Analects 2.11)
Confucius
tags: history, teachers, wisdom
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The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you,
that you didn't know about yourself.
Shannon L. Alder
tags: authors, family, friendship, guardian-angels, helping, insight, inspiration, inspire, kindred-spirits,motivational, nocoincidences, pastors, scholars, similarities, socrates, special, teachers, unique
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Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not
corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not
chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not
hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy.
Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not
lies.
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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mpanies, confident, confident-leader, conservation, convergence,corporations, corrupt, corruption, country, critic, criticism, cr
iticsm, darkness, democrat, destruction,diplomacy, diplomatic, discriminate, discrimination, dissent, diversity, divide, divides,
division, doctor,doctors, education, educators, election, elections, employment, environment, environmental,environmentalis
m, environmentalist, equality, ethnic-tolerance, fair, fairness, families, farmer, fear, for-the-people, foreign-relations, freedom,
freedom-of-speech, funding, furture, good-leader, government,government-corruption, great-leader, great-leadership, greed,
guide, hands, hate, hatred, health-care, heart-driven, homes, honest, honest-broker, human-condition, human-life, humanity,
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h,truthfulness, understand, understanding, unite, unites, uniting, unity, vote, voter, voting, walls, war, we-the-people, weapon
s, wisdom, word
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My English teacher has no face. She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders. The
hair is black from her part to her ears and then neon orange to the frizzy ends. I can't decide if she
had pissed off her hairdresser or is morphing into a monarch butterfly. I call her Hairwoman.
Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
tags: school, teachers
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That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm
from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.
Laurell K. Hamilton, Circus of the Damned
tags: humor, teachers
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In my ten years of teaching Ive noticed that teachers tend to have a bad habit of talking to
themselves. I hypothesize that this is because we talk for a living, and we feel safe speaking our
feelings aloud. Or it could be that most of us, especially the high school teacher variety, are just weird
as shit.
P.C. Cast, Divine By Mistake
tags: teachers
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I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I
had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who
said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had
teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who
didn't want to be there
Hilary Swank
tags: amazing, dream, fond, giving-up, high-school, inspire, inspired, inspiring, teachers
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I have noticed that teachers get exciting confused with boring a lot.

You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it. J.D.
Salinger.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and
knowledge. Albert Einstein.
A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.
Ruth Beechick.
Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the
power to help people become winners. Ken Blanchard.
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren.
True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion. Allan Lokos.
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society
because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. Helen Caldicott
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.
Robert Brault.