45 of Our All-Time Favorite Teacher Quotes
45 of our favorite teacher quotes of all time
Do you need motivation? Look no further! These inspirational teacher quotes might be just the thing to remind yourself exactly why you got into teaching in the first place. Read on for quick tidbits of love, support and inspiration from and from teachers.
Psst...check out our list of favorite classroom quotes too!
1. I wasn't born to "just teach".
2. A child, a teacher, a book...
3. The Truly Wise Teacher...
4. When you love your classes, your students just know.
5. All those little moments with your students.
6. Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.
7. A great teacher is a great artist.
8. Observe a teacher with a classroom full of students.
9. Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.
10. A well trained mind will always have more questions than answers.
11. A teacher influences eternity.
12. Lessons about kindness are just as important.
13. If you don't like something, change it.
14. If you love her today, maybe you can teach her tomorrow.
15. Every job has its ups and downs, but not every job is life-changing.
16. The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters.
17. Only the brave choose to teach.
18. Our fingerprints don't fade from the life we touch.
19. The best teacher hides an intention not in the mind but in the heart.
20. Sometimes the biggest PD is the teacher down the hall.
21. The trick to having happy students is to be happy yourself first.
22. The great teacher inspires.
23. Educating the mind without educating the heart is not education at all.
24. You are a great teacher.
25. Keep company primarily with teachers who build you up.
26. Like a teacher.
27. Teaching is the profession that teaches all other professions.
28. May your coffee be strong and your students calm.
29. Be someone who makes everyone feel like someone.
30. Nothing can dim a light that shines from within.
31. Be the leader in a school of fish.
32. Every child needs at least one adult...
33. Be great, be great, be you.
34. In a world where you can be anything, be kind.
35. Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.
36. It starts on the inside.
37. The world needs all kinds of minds.
38. Do what you love.
39. The world has changed by your example.
40. Plant beautiful seeds.
41. You are a hero to your students.
42. The best teachers are the ones who show you where to look.
43. I'm just a teacher standing in front of my class...
44. You are already a good teacher.
45. If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's...
Make sure your teaching practice does too.
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