Teacher Quotes

Quotes For The Teacher

“Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.” – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” – Brad Henry

“A great teacher who is full of excitement and love for her students can make all the difference in their lives.” – Deval Patrick

“I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching.” –Justin Trudeau

“The best teacher is an entertainer.” – Bob Keeshan

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward

“A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.” – John Henrik Clarke

“The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.” – Simone Weil

“To be successful in anything, you have to have a passion for it, and that leads to being enthusiastic and demanding. I didn't have it for history. So I wouldn't have been a good teacher in that area. But I had it for basketball. And that's what coaching is at every level: it's about teaching.” – Jeff Van Gundy

“A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.” – Eliphas Levi

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai

“We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.” – Donald Norman

“A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” – Philip Wylie

“Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.” – Adora Svitak

“It's good to have a good teacher, but you always need a pretty good student.” – Grigor Dimitrov

“A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.” – Eva Amurri

“I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test.” – Erin Gruwell

“It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.” – Michael Morpurgo

“Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.” – Maggie Gallagher

“Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.” – Paula Creamer

“If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.” – Geoffrey Canada

“If you don’t have a teacher you can’t have a disciple.” – Dallas Willard

“If you become a teacher, by your pupils you’ll be taught.” – Oscar Hammerstein II

“The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.” – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

“So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.” – Donald Norman

“A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson.” – John Henrik Clarke

“I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.” – Temple Grandin

“China's republican politics is like a child who just started schooling. He must have a good teacher and be surrounded by good friends. By the same token, the Chinese people, new to the republican politics, must be educated properly. The revolutionary government should be the people's tutor to impart advanced awareness and experience.” – Sun Yat-sen

“When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.” – Richard Simmons

“A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.” – Martin H. Fischer

“Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career – novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership.” – Randi Weingarten

“As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I’m the least authoritarian professor you’ll ever meet.” – Niall Ferguson

“A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.” – Amos Bronson Alcott

“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” – Solomon Ortiz

“I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.” – Jack Canfield

“I like a lot of things about yoga - its an intro to good music; with each good teacher you study with, you learn a lot about them personally; it's not just about specific technique or poses. I also like Shavasana - not too many exercise routines let you nap at the end of them. You don't see nap pods in CrossFit gyms.” – Charles Michael Davis

“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.” – Joyce Meyer

“Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.” – Mary Catherine Bateson

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey

“Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” – Charles Kuralt

“Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.” – Unknown

“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” – Guy Kawasaki

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” – Plato

“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” – Karl A. Menninger

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” – Galileo Galile

“A good teacher is a determined person.” – Gilbert Highet

“I was not a good teacher; I didn't have the sort of edge one should have on the students, so I decided to do something else.” – Terrence Malick

“To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.” – John Strachan

“One time, the teacher was the storehouse of knowledge. That will no longer be so. So what would a teacher do? A very good teacher will play the role of augmenter. Also, the teacher will be located anywhere and helping students.” – Shiv Nadar

“A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.” – Thomas Szasz

“Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students.” – Godfrey Reggio

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” – Khalil Gibran

“A child’s first teacher is its mother.” – Peng Liyuan

“The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.” – Dorothea Dix

When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.” – Cecilia Bartoli

“My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a real good teacher for me about organics, recycling, composting -whenever you hear me talk about it, it's usually because of my sister's influence.” – Guy Fieri

“A teacher should have a creative mind.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” – Flannery O'Connor

“Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.” – Bodhidharma

“When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.” – Bono

“Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.” – Oscar Wilde

“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.” – Gail Godwin

“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.” – Minna Antrim

“When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.” – Joy Harjo

“We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a Hendrix, 'Crosstown Traffic' vibe and feel to it.” – Rickey Medlocke

“I feel like I'd be a really good teacher. I would go for middle school... those high schoolers would be difficult to deal with.” – Meagan Tandy

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” – Lily Tomlin

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” – Dr. Seuss

“There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that’s what is unique about them.” – Robert Sternberg

“A teacher is a person who never says anything once.” – Howard Nemerov

“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.” – Horace Mann

“I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It’s a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.” – Erin Gruwell

“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert

“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” – George Bernard Sha

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren

“The teachers who get “burned out” are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times.” – Frank Martin

“A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

“I'm a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what's wrong and fixing it.” – Abby Lee Miller

“I’ve never had the patience of a teacher.” – Josh Turner

“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” – John Dewey

“Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.” – Keith Emerson

“My dad was such a great story-teller, a good teacher.” – Grace Poe

“Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Unknown

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.” – Anatole France

“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less.” – Lee Iacocca