A piano teacher took her young students to see Paderewski. When teacher and student arrived, the master pianist was prac…

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

True excellence is rarely found; even more rarely is it cherished.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

— Thackeray

He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student.

— Dryden

The boy stood with back arched, head cocked back and hands clenched defiantly. "Go ahead, give it to me." The principal …

— Gunpoint evangelist

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

— William Arthur Ward