Teachers’ Appreciation30th October 2011

We Honor you

Mr John Robertson: The Honourable Member of

Opposition in NSW

Ms Diane Shortland: Deputy Principal of Tregear High School

Ms Judith Navidi: ???????????????????

Man possesses the potentiality for every kind

of progress and education enables him to bring this

into the court of objectivity. 

Abdu'l-Baha

The dream begins with a teacher who believes

in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you

to the next plateau, sometimes poking you

with a sharp stick called "truth." 

Dan Rather

Through education

we must free

ourselves from …imperfections.

Bahá'í Writings

Regard man as a mine rich in

gems of inestimable

value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its

treasures, and enable mankind

to benefit therefrom.

Bahá'u'lláh

…minds are equal in origin, but

education and the acquisition of

ethics cause minds to differ

and comprehensions to be at variance

 Abdu'l-

Baha

Teaching is the

greatest act of

optimism.

Colleen Wilcox

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge

in adversity.

Aristotle

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation

to another.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Aristotle

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over

it and whispers,

‘Grow, Grow’.

Talmud

“The very spring and

root of honesty and virtue lie in

good education.”

Plutarch

The gentle teacher promoteth The gentle teacher promoteth the children of the school to the the children of the school to the lofty altitude and the bestowal of lofty altitude and the bestowal of the trainer placeth the little child the trainer placeth the little child

upon the throne of ether.upon the throne of ether.

BaháBahá‘‘i Writingsi Writings

“The highest result of

education is

tolerance.”

Helen Keller

A cross-eyed teacher can keep twice the number

of children in order than any other,

because the pupils do not know who she's looking

at. 

Four Hundred Laughs, compiled and edited by John R. Kemble, 1902

A good teacher is

like a candle - it

consumes itself to light the way for

others.