Best Teacher Quotes & More

"Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task." — Haim G. Ginot


"Teacher: Two kinds: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just give you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies." — Robert Frost


"A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention. Then he can teach his lesson." — John Hendrik Clarke


"What's ahead of me and what's behind me are nothing compared to what's inside me."

-Jean Shapiro

"Everyone who remembers his own educational experience remembers teachers, not methods and techniques." — Sidney Hook

"There's nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." — Buckminster Fuller

"Nine-tenths of education is encouragement." — Anatole French

"All kids are gifted. Some just open their packages earlier than others." — Michael Carr

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

“Great thoughts come from the heart.”
--Luc de Clapiers

"There is a brilliant child locked inside every student."
~ Marva Collins

"A teacher's compassion is like a pebble thrown into a pool of water. The ripples spread far beyond the point of impact."
~ Dear Abby

An optimist is someone who goes after Moby Dick in a rowboat and takes the tartar sauce with him.
- Zig Ziglar

“Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”
- Charles Schulz

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”
Tom Brokaw