Good Teacher Quotes

A good teacher is a determined person.

– Gilbert Highet

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson.

– John Henrik Clarke

I wasn’t a very good teacher.

– Amos Lee

Jesus isn’t lettin’ you off the hook. The Scriptures don’t let you off the hook so easily… When people say, you know, ‘Good teacher’, ‘Prophet’, ‘Really nice guy’ … this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.

– Bono

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

– Martin H. Fischer

So what does a good teacher do? Create tension – but just the right amount.

– Donald Norman

There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

– Flannery O’Connor

When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.

– Cecilia Bartoli

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

– Maggie Gallagher

When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It’s noisy; it’s a trickster… you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it’s a good teacher.

– Joy Harjo

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

– Temple Grandin