Famous quotes by Teachers

Teachers

Teachers illuminate paths of curiosity, patience, and possibility. This curated collection shares voices from classrooms and lecture halls, offering reflections on learning, guidance, and the everyday craft of helping minds grow. Expect wisdom born of experience, candid humor, and reminders of the resilience required to nurture potential. Whether you're a student, parent, educator, or simply someone who values learning, these perspectives provide motivation, context, and companionship for the journey of education and personal growth.

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"The environment should act as an aquarium which reflects the ideas, ethics, attitudes, and culture of the people who live in it"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it"

Haim Ginott, Teacher

"Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a sense of freedom to venture beyond the known"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"We need to redefine the role of the teacher from that of the transmitter of knowledge to that of a researcher, co-learner, and partner in the process of constructing knowledge"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"The child has a hundred languages – and a hundred hundred hundred more – but they steal ninety-nine. The school and the culture separate the head from the body"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"A year from now you may wish you had started today"

Karen Lamb, Teacher

"Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults"

Haim Ginott, Teacher

"If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others"

Haim Ginott, Teacher

"Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task"

Haim Ginott, Teacher

"You can give your own intuitive qualities a way to surface by following your heart"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

Small: Ma Jaya

"When you sit in meditation, feel the joy in your soul"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Make up your mind that you will become the seeker of your own higher self"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Humility is the key to liberation"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Forgiveness is a form of the highest love"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Learn to drink as you pour, so the spiritual heart cannot run dry and you always have love to give"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Your true self is a treasure of all divine virtues"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Love is not a sentimental attachment to a human being; love is a mode of conduct that comes from the heart"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Be loving and kind. Call everyone to your table of kindness"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"The simple practice of hesitation helps you stop reacting blindly to everything that happens"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"There are no flaws in the soul of every human being"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"This moment is timeless, yet it is always new"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"Quiet the mind and the soul will speak"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

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"There are no throwaway people"

Ma Jaya, Teacher

Small: Ma Jaya

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