Inspiring Quotes Every Teacher Should Know

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

"I touch the future. I teach."

- Christa McAuliffe

"Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be."

- Rita Pierson

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."

- William A. Ward

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

- Japanese Proverb

"A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others."

- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."

- William Butler Yeats

"Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts; it is acquiring understanding."

- William Arthur Ward

"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think."

- Margaret Mead

"You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives."

- Clay P. Bedford

"If kids come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important."

- Barbara Colorose

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching kids what counts is best."

- Bob Talbert

"Teachers can make such a profound impact on our lives and should be honored as heroes."

- Rainn Wilson

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

"You can’t stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it."

- J.D. Salinger

"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."

- Justin Trudeau

"It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom."

- Michael Morpurgo

"Teaching is the greatest act of optimism."

- Colleen Wilcox

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."

- William Butler Yeats

"Invest in our teachers, and our children will succeed."

- Barack Obama

"The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth."

- Dan Rather

"What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches."

- Karl Menninger

"If you look behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher."

- Stephen Hawking

"A good teacher is like the rising sun that comes to fill the empty and dark minds with the light of the education."

- Anamika Mishra

"Some people change the world. And some people change the people who change the world, and that’s you."

- Kij Johnson

"I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think."

- Socrates

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Teaching is the greatest act of optimism."

- Colleen Wilcox

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."

- Chinese Proverb

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."

- John Dewey

"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul."

- Joseph Addison

"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."

- Confucius

"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."

- Jim Rohn

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."

- Mark van Doren

"What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches."

- Karl Menninger

"A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything!"

"Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions."

"Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care."

- Anonymous

"Children learn more from who you are than what you teach."

"The influence of a good teacher can never be erased."

"Teachers are those who help find strengths, wipe away tears, overpower demons and conquer fears."

"It takes a big heart to shape little minds."

"Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning."

"My teacher gave me the best gift of all… Believing in me!"

"Every child is gifted. They just unwrap their packages at different times."

"It takes a big heart to help shape little minds."

- Unknown