60 Best Teacher Quotes & Sayings

Published on September 2, 2016 , under Quotes
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Teacher is a person who teaches, especially in a school.

1. I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Robert Frost
I am not a teacher, but an awakener - Robert Frost

2. A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.
Brad Henry
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning - Brad Henry

3. A good teacher is a doctor who heals ignorance. And an artist who inspires creativity.
Anonymous
A good teacher is a doctor who heals ignorance. And an artist who inspires creativity

4. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
Anonymous
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others

5. A teacher … takes a hand, opens a mind, touches a heart and shapes the future.
Anonymous
A teacher ... takes a hand, opens a mind, touches a heart and shapes the future

6. A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Adams
A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops - Henry Adams

7. A teacher doesn't need to be a trained artist, or to be able to draw, in order to present powerful art lessons in their classroom…
Jill Faison
A teacher doesn't need to be a trained artist, or to be able to draw, in order to present powerful art lessons in their classroom... - Jill Faison

8. A teacher ignites the fire that fuels a student's thirst for knowledge, curiosity and wisdom.
Anonymous
A teacher ignites the fire that fuels a student's thirst for knowledge, curiosity and wisdom

9.A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge and wisdom in the pupils.
Ever Garrison
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge and wisdom in the pupils - Ever Garrison

10. A teacher plants the seeds of knowledge, sprinkles them with love, and patiently nurtures their growth to produce tomorrow's dreams.
Anonymous
A teacher plants the seeds of knowledge, sprinkles them with love, and patiently nurtures their growth to produce tomorrow's dreams

11. A teacher presents the past, reveals the present and creates the future.
Anonymous
A teacher presents the past, reveals the present and creates the future

12. A teacher takes a hand opens a mind and touches a heart.
Anonymous
A teacher takes a hand opens a mind and touches a heart

13. Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.
Anonymous
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher

14. Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Anonymous
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

15. Good teachers are the reason why ordinary students dream to do extraordinary things.
Anonymous
Good teachers are the reason why ordinary students dream to do extraordinary things

16. Good teachers have teeth marks on their tongues.
Anonymous
Good teachers have teeth marks on their tongues

17. Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.
Charles Kuralt
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students - Charles Kuralt

18. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
Gail Godwin
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre - Gail Godwin

19. Great teachers engineer learning experiences that put students in the driver's seat and then get out of the way.
Ben Johnson
Great teachers engineer learning experiences that put students in the driver's seat and then get out of the way - Ben Johnson

20. I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
Lily Tomlin
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework - Lily Tomlin

21. I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that took music …
Bronagh Gallagher
I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that took music ... - Bronagh Gallagher

22. If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes …
Barbara Colorose
If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes ... - Barbara Colorose

23. If you can read this, thank a teacher.
Anonymous
If you can read this, thank a teacher

24. I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel – let the wheel spin them around as it wants …
Howard Zinn
I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around as it wants ... - Howard Zinn

25. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge - Albert Einstein

26. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression joy and knowledge.
Anonymous
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression joy and knowledge

27. I've come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that …
Haim G. Ginott
I've come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that ... - Haim G. Ginott

28. Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries no progress.
Willard Scott
Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries no progress - Willard Scott

29. My teacher gave me the best gift of all, Believing in me.
Anonymous
My teacher gave me the best gift of all, Believing in me

30. No I'm not a superhero, I'm something even more powerful… I Am A Teacher. I don't need a cape, because I'm lifted by the amazing and inspiring kids I teach.
Anonymous
No I'm not a superhero, I'm something even more powerful... I Am A Teacher. I don't need a cape, because I'm lifted by the amazing and inspiring kids I teach

31. One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
Philip Wylie
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen - Philip Wylie

32. Teachers are those who help find strengths, drive away tears, overpower demons and conquer fears.
Anonymous
Teachers are those who help find strengths, drive away tears, overpower demons and conquer fears

33. Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.
Joyce Meyer
Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges - Joyce Meyer

34. Teachers Change the World One Child at a Time.
Anonymous
Teachers Change the World One Child at a Time

35. Teachers encourage Minds to think, Hands to create and Hearts to Love.
Anonymous
Teachers encourage Minds to think, Hands to create and Hearts to Love

36. Teachers have three loves love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
Scott Hayden
Teachers have three loves love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together - Scott Hayden

37. Teachers make a difference.
Anonymous
Teachers make a difference

38. Teachers Make All Other Professions Possible.
Anonymous
Teachers Make All Other Professions Possible

39. Teachers open doors, but you must enter by yourself.
Anonymous
Teachers open doors, but you must enter by yourself

40. Teachers who inspire know that teaching is like cultivating a garden, and those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to …
Anonymous
Teachers who inspire know that teaching is like cultivating a garden, and those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to ...

41. Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.
Anonymous
Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning

42. Teaching reading is rocket science.
Louisa Moats
Teaching reading is rocket science - Louisa Moats

43. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
Mark Van Doren
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery - Mark Van Doren

44. The best teachers are artists who know the science of teaching.
Richard Bankert
The best teachers are artists who know the science of teaching - Richard Bankert

45. The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
Alexandra K.Trenfor
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see - Alexandra K.Trenfor

46. The best teachers don't give you the answer. they just point the way and let you make your own choices, your own mistakes. that way you get all the glory…
Mr. Schuester
The best teachers don't give you the answer. they just point the way and let you make your own choices, your own mistakes. that way you get all the glory... - Mr. Schuester

47. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.
Anonymous
The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book

48. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.
Marva Collins
The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior - Marva Collins

49. The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true.
Catharine Beecher
The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true - Catharine Beecher

50. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires - William Arthur Ward

51. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Word
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires - William Arthur Word

52. These days, many well-meaning school districts bring together teachers, coaches, curriculum supervisors, and a cast of thousands to determine what skills your …
Rafe Esquith
These days, many well-meaning school districts bring together teachers, coaches, curriculum supervisors, and a cast of thousands to determine what skills your ... - Rafe Esquith

53. Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them.
Anonymous
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them

54. To the world you may be just a teacher but to your students you are a Hero.
Anonymous
To the world you may be just a teacher but to your students you are a Hero

55. To the world you may be just a teacher, but to your students you are a star.
Anonymous
To the world you may be just a teacher, but to your students you are a star

56. True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, …
Nikos Kazantzakis
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, ... - Nikos Kazantzakis

57. We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions …
Grover Norquist
We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions ... - Grover Norquist

58. What a teacher writes on the whiteboard of life can never be erased.
Anonymous
What a teacher writes on the whiteboard of life can never be erased

59. Without Teachers Life Would Have No Class.
Anonymous
Without Teachers Life Would Have No Class

60.You may not see the fruit of today's work but you have seeded a lifetime of knowledge.
Anonymous
You may not see the fruit of today's work but you have seeded a lifetime of knowledge

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