Teachers Day in India: 5th September

Teachers Day in India: 5th September !!

Teachers day - India celebrates Teachers Day in memory of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan whose birthday falls on September 5 every year. He was a renowned academic, philosopher and India's second President. Dr. Radhakrishnan was a strong supporter of education. Instead of celebrating his birthday separately he requested to observe the day as Teachers' Day to give honor to all the teachers in India.

Some words of wisdom

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” 

Charles William Eliot

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

William Arthur Ward

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” 

Aristotle

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.” 

Socrates

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}” 

Alexander the Great