Teachers Quotes

I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me. — Anthony Horowitz

Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. — Temple Grandin

We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us. — Frank Herbert

Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically. — Calvin Trillin

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms. — William Glasser

There were some teachers, you learnt, that you should never cross and Mr Nash was one of them. — Adele Rose

Many of the snarly bad-tempered teachers whom we remember with hatred were really nice people soured by years of anxiety and penny-pinching. — Gilbert Highet

Your worst enemy can be your best teacher! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers. — Samuel

The best teachers impart knowledge through sleight of hand, like a magician. — Kate Betts

True Teachers must be Transparent, pointing others to deeper walks in Christ, and not to themselves. — Billy Witt

Now all my teachers are dead except silence. — W.S. Merwin

I was a naughty kid. Teachers did not like me much. — Kapil Dev

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it — Nicholas Sparks

Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success. — Wendy Kopp

At our best, we're all teachers — Maya Angelou

An individual school can handle a resident idiot from time to time, but an entire school system is only as good as its weakest leader. — Tucker Elliot

I believe librarians, like English teachers, sit at the right hand of God. — William Deresiewicz

We should be firing bad teachers. — Malcolm Gladwell

There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors. — Kurt Vonnegut

For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are there to inspire. — Stella Young

The amount of psychology which is necessary to all teachers need not be very great. — William James

I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well. — Eleanor Catton

Public school teachers are the new priesthood while traditional religion is ridiculed and maligned. — Ann Coulter

There's an assumption that schools are for students' learning. Well, why aren't they just as much for teachers' learning? — Seymour Sarason

Then the dreaded words, Your child has autism. These words echo in their heads like a freight train blasting through their hopes and dreams. — Dr. Linda Barboa

No one can give you the answer because there is no answer. — Marty Rubin

Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you. — Gordon Korman

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds? — B.J. Novak

Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse. — Gilbert Highet

The teacher you need is the person you're living with. — Byron Katie

Children are like clay in the hands of teachers. Like a sculptor we can chisel and carve their personalities with our behavior. — Balroop Singh

Those who know how to think need no teachers. — Mahatma Gandhi

The deepest dependency is not of students upon teachers, but of teachers upon students. — Peter Elbow

Your example should be stellar among your friends, associates, family, teachers, co-workers, and other Christians. — Monica Johnson

Be open to all teachers And all teachings, And listen with your heart. — Ram Dass

Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them. — Andy Hargreaves

Failure is a great teacher; but never insist on hiring one for yourself. Learn vicariously from others' teachers. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives. — Jon Porter

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. — Charles Henry Fowler

Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers. — Mahatma Gandhi

The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers. — Malala Yousafzai

I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers. — Jonathan Kozol

I've talked with a lot of teachers, classroom teachers after the Sandy Hook situation, and they say, look, we need to be looking at mental health. — Marsha Blackburn

Teachers are the greatest freaks on earth, ... — Anne Frank

The most powerful method of improving education is to invest in the improvement of teaching and the status of great teachers. — Ken Robinson

Many teachers, especially those in more affluent communities, believe they are treated no better than a customer-service representative at a store. — Rachel Simmons

Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us. — Andy Hargreaves

Advanced Teachers always forgive. It is inevitable that anyone who seek knowledge and power will make many mistakes. — Frederick Lenz

The weapons were pens, books, chalks and blackboards, the heroes simple teachers — Nadifa Mohamed

Some teachers teach for others to learn. That's not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish. That is me. — Jim Rohn

First came him, then came I, then he came again and then I was lost forever. — Alok Jagawat

Like all good teachers, the world repeats her lesson. Over and over ... with wordless variety ... She spells the name of Love. — Joan Walsh Anglund

Everyone thinks that teachers are automatically above the taught The teachers are the taught. — Matthew Donnelly

We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people? — Ulysses S. Grant

Modeling is the most powerful of all teachers! — John G. Miller

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers. — Sandra Bullock

The people who go the craziest when they hear the name 'Hemingway' are my English teachers! — Dree Hemingway

Yoga is bringing fitness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life. — Amit Ray

If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around. — Harvey Milk

I beg you, help me, in angelic charity,
Pray my efforts will reflect your mastery! — E.A. Bucchianeri

Clear, direct and vibrant instructions will inject energy into the class, and create a feeling of safety for the students. — Gudjon Bergmann

One of my former teachers repeatedly reminded us that an imbalance in theology was the same as doctrinal insanity. — Charles C. Ryrie

Great teachers are usually a little crazy. — Andy Rooney

A nation of unhappy teachers makes for a sadder and more endangered America. — Pat Conroy

Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed. — A.J. Quinnell

I think we have arrived at the stage where we are making it too complicated. I know guys who can't play two rounds before running to their teachers. — Vijay Singh

There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools. — Ken Robinson

Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem. — Marva Collins

Both of my parents are actually music teachers. — Charlie Day

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow. — Solomon Ortiz

I didn't fancy any of my teachers. — Katie Price

Let the main object ... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more. — John Amos Comenius

If we are to stop bullying in schools, we have to start with teachers and administrators. If we want to stop it, we have to stop it. — Chris Crutcher

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting. — Bruce Dickinson

I've been wondering if in fact ideal platonic love isn't just an intensely concentrated form of what inspires the best teachers. — Edmund Marlowe

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches. — Harvey Penick

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children. — J. C. Watts

I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases. — Peter Brimelow

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves? — Diane Ravitch

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn. — Bertolt Brecht

Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan served this country well, he did not celebrate his birthday, he celebrated it for teachers. — Narendra Modi

Alberta funds almost all its schools and districts to design and evaluate their own innovations. Teachers are the drivers of change, not the driven. — Andy Hargreaves

Celebrate every relationship you've ever had. For better or worse, your relationships are your best teachers. — Christiane Northrup

History is the most patient of teachers. If Man doesn't get the lesson, it keeps repeating itself until he finally gets it. — Christian Adam Ribeiraud

The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers. — Steve Maraboli

Teachers need to be paid like professionals. — Geoffrey Canada

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning. — Andy Hargreaves

I do remember a lot of teachers saying I would do well on TV, as I have a 'modern look,' but I never knew how to take that. — Jonas Armstrong

Teachers and administrators sleepwalk through their responsibilities, dulled and discouraged by the endless pressures and problems. — David Perkins

My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother. — Jeff Bridges

Oh, yeah, any functioning society has got to have its doctors, its teachers, and its nightlife photographers. — Leila Sales

How many of us readers say this quote and mean it. "If I knew what I know now life would be different" ... — Robert Reed

Every great soul had great mentors. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers. — Albert Einstein

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens. — Steve Goodier

there is no such thing as patient wisdom to be found in the sharp agony of the teachers. — Morrissey

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. — Francis Ford Coppola

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers. — Alma Gluck