The future of the world relies on teachers as they shape the minds of the future generation. The words and impact of a teacher lasts forever. When you want to remember that special mentor, the one who always guided you in the right direction, these teacher quotes will help you find words to express your gratitude, honor them, or simply understand their journey.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
Alexander the Great (His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle)
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Adams
The profession of a teacher is the purest of all.
To teach is to hope and to see the uniqueness of different minds.
A great teacher is someone who instills a hunger for knowledge in our minds.
Teachers do more than teach, they inspire us to seek answers to difficult questions.
Teachers awaken our curiosity and help us gain clarity in life.
A great teacher pushes us to raise our voice when necessary instead of silencing our screams.
A teacher is someone who doesn't stop teaching even after the textbook lessons end.
Quotes on Teacher From Students
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.
Charles Kuralt
A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Everyone who shows you how to love yourself, believe in yourself and has left an impact in your life in a short while is a teacher.
In a world where everyone is running in a rat race, teachers help us slow down and gain a deeper perspective at the world.
Every real teacher notices the quiet, shy student at the back as well as the overachievers who compensate their wounds with grades.
Every idea that was once overlooked, every thought not said out loud, is validated by a teacher.
Teachers are not only educators but everyone who gave us directions when life felt lost.
Ordinary words said by a teacher often turn out to be the greatest encouragement of a student's life.
Image - Education starts with pencils, papers, and books but lessons that make us into the person we are supposed to be after growing up come from teachers who teach with their soul.
Great teachers help you find your purpose and turn your curiosity into courage.
They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don’t know it.
Nicholas Sparks
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.
Alexandra K. Trenfor
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.
Dan Rather
The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.
Ally Carter
Heart Touching Quotes For Teachers
Some teachers are rare gems because they teach from their souls.
Teachers not only prepare us for exams, but they set the course and prepare us for life.
Teachers give us a constant reminder that even mistakes can be miracles.
Teachers are the ones who taught us every failure is a stepping stone towards success.
Real teachers tell us that every mistake, every downfall has a hidden lesson and is taking us closer to our goal.
One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.
Malala Yousafzai
I touch the future. I teach.
Christa McAuliffe
Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.
Bob Talbert
A teacher’s greatness cannot be weighed through someone's report cards. It reflects in the inner persona of the students.
Teachers are those pillars of the society that makes the upcoming days brighter.
Teachers are the unsung heroes who make you believe in yourself.
The best teacher in life is experience and a great teacher is someone who encourages us to live those experiences.
The light of a teacher never burns out even when their pupils move on in life.
A teacher’s teaching is reflected in the way every student moves, speaks, and treats those around as an adult long after.
Motivational Teacher Quotes
Teachers not only explain how the world works, but they also help you find your footing in the world with great patience and kindness.
My teacher made me believe that my voice matters, and I'll be forever grateful for that.
Extraordinary teachers show up everyday even when they're down just to lift someone up and make their days brighter.
Teachers teach us to dream bravely and never give up on those dreams.
Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.
Confucius
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher and cannot be esteemed highly enough.
Carl Jung
The words of a teacher echo long after you've moved on in separate ways and give us courage in the moments we feel vulnerable.
The best teachers do not just impart knowledge, they impart a sense of curiosity and wonder.
Teachers show us that learning is not just textbook based, but it is based in the beauty of questioning.
The love of teachers is disguised as discipline and guidance.
Lessons may fade away, but the warmth of a teacher lingers in every achievement of their students.
Good Teacher Quotes
Teachers not only explain how the world works, but they also help you find your footing in the world with great patience and kindness.
My teacher made me believe that my voice matters, and I'll be forever grateful for that.
Extraordinary teachers show up everyday even when they're down just to lift someone up and make their days brighter.
A good teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.
D. Martin
Teachers teach us to dream bravely and never give up on those dreams.
The words of a teacher echo long after you've moved on in separate ways and give us courage in the moments we feel vulnerable.
A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don’t know it.
Nicholas Sparks
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 do not just impart knowledge, they impart a sense of curiosity and wonder.
Teachers show us that learning is not just textbook based, but it is based in the beauty of questioning.
The love of teachers is disguised as discipline and guidance.
Lessons may fade away, but the warmth of a teacher lingers in every achievement of their students.
Teachers are not there to spoon-feed you lessons and syllabus but make you brave enough to face the world in your full glory.
The strength of a teacher is found in their ability to see how a student does when they're out in the real world.
Teacher Love Quotes
To teach is to hope and to see the uniqueness of different minds.
A teacher is someone who believes that everyone has something great in them.
Teachers are the ones who can look at every individual knowing everyone has something to offer in the times of despair.
Teachers are the writers who write, edit and shape destinies.
Great teachers take uncertainty as an opportunity to learn and create something great out of it.
The kindness and empathy of a teacher lives on forever.
A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson.
John Henrik Clarke
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward
To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler – and less trouble.
Mark Twain
Good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.
Maria Callas
Teaching is a calling too. And I’ve always thought that teachers in their way are holy — angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.
Jeannette Walls
Teachers are people whose hands steadies you when you're nervous, a quiet smile saying you're enough and scolds when they know you're not doing your best.
The teaching of teachers goes beyond the syllabus as they are the ones who teach us empathy and humanity.
Teachers not only educate minds, but they liberate us by healing our insecurities.
The quiet assurance in someone, that spark in their eyes when they doubted their worth is the effort a teacher put in them.
With every lesson teachers give us a piece of their heart.
Teachers weave kids not into students but into better and kind humans for the world.
Thoughts On Teachers
Students are the future of the country and teachers are the ones who shape the mind of students instilling confidence and compassion.
A good teacher is someone who makes every student feel seen and heard.
You are our favorite teacher because you made everyone feel capable and worthy of something even when we brought the most atrocious grades.
Behind every adult who's confident, happy, and calm, is a teacher who kept pushing them and supporting them when they doubted themselves.
The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate apparently ordinary people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.
Patricia Cross
Teachers plant the seeds of the future, nurturing it, watering it and taking care of it with the hope that someday those seeds will grow into beautiful trees spreading their branches high up in the sky.
A teacher’s influence never fades away, it just keeps getting bigger long after you have parted ways.
The impact of a teacher reflects in the dreams, choices, and most importantly the personality of every student they've inspired.
A true teacher is someone who will turn your confusion and anxiety into confidence and clarity.
Real teachers don't expect loud cheers and applause, but they're the ones who deserve them the most.
Teachers help every student tap into their soul's deepest corner and bring out the undiscovered brilliance.
If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.
Guy Kawasaki
A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism.
Louis Berman
Teacher's Day Thoughts
On Teachers’ Day, we worship and honor the people that put their heart and soul into shaping our minds and always believed in us.
Happy Teachers’ Day to everyone who made learning feel like an interesting pathway to self discovery and not a rule to pass exams.
On this Teachers’ Day, let us express our gratitude to the ones who helped us find the light when everything went dark and helped us become the person we are today.
Teachers’ Day is for every person who crossed our paths and taught us something in life, wisdom comes from experience not books.
Let Teacher’s Day be a reminder that patience, passion, and purpose are the true teachers and these will never let you down.
Image - Teacher’s Day is to express our gratitude to them for giving us lessons that will last a lifetime. Happy Teachers’ Day
Teachers’ Day is a celebration of our guardian angels who helped us pick ourselves up whenever we fell down, they taught us more than books ever did.
Happy Teachers’ Day to those who made classes feel like home and education feel like being wrapped in a fairy tale.
