The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

Certainly teachers themselves can do a better job of letting the world know how hard their profession is, but frankly, they have real work to do and a lot of it, so they don't have a whole lot of free time on their hands.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.