Maria Montessori Quotes

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

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

Above all, we must be conscious of the primary pedagogical task, namely that we must first make something of ourselves so that a living inner spiritual relationship exists between the teacher and the children.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.

I want to be involved with young people in some way. Teenagers. Because that's the most vulnerable time. I have a fantasy of becoming a teacher one day.

You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge - not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks.

If we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. To put it more precisely, we need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence .