A teacher quote or two is a good addition to your teacher’s day celebrations. The following list contains some inspirational quotes for teachers.
In teaching, there is a conceptual and intellectual component, a concrete and abstract element, and a creative and sequential component. It’s about people, but it’s framed through ideas. The learning process is about content, hearts, and minds-whatever we can conceive of, teaching is both a cause and an effect.
Keeping that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most renowned quotes about teaching, with an emphasis on cultures, nationalities, races, and spiritualities-many of the things that make ‘us’ different have been leveraged to curate the list. One student at a time, the following 16 quotes represent everyday heroes at work in the classroom.
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“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.’
– Jacques Barzun
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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
– Henry B. Adams
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“To teach is to learn twice over.”
– Joseph Joubert
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“Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.”
– Lady Bird Johnson
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“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
– Malcom X
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“It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.”
–Michael Morpurgo
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“Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.”
–Sidney Hook
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“Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts; it is acquiring understanding.”
– William Arthur Ward
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“A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.”
– Darwin D. Martin
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“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.”
– Solomon Ortiz
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“A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others.”
–Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”
– Mark Van Doren
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“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.”
–Lily Tomlin
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“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.”
–Joyce Meyer
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“To this end, the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.”
– John Strachan
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“The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike.”
– H. L. Mencken