45 of Our All-Time Favorite Teacher Quotes

Are you looking for motivation? You have come to the right place! These inspiring teacher quotes might be the perfect way to remind yourself why you chose teaching. For quick tips, continue reading. ofTeachers can be a source of inspiration, love, and support.

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1. I wasn’t born to “just teach.”

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2. One child, one teacher, one book …

It just takes one

3. The teacher who is indeed wise …

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. - Kahlil Gibran

4. Your students will know you care about them when you love your class.

When you love your class, your students just know.

5. Enjoy all the little moments you share with your students.

All the small moments with your students.

6. Children learn best when their teachers are like them.

Children learn best when they like their teacher

7. A great teacher is also a great artist.

I have come to believe that a great teacher

8. A teacher in a full classroom ofStudents.

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9. It’s fine to teach children how to count, but it is better to teach them what counts.

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. —Bob Talbert.

10. An educated mind will always have more questions to answer than answers.

Questions are fuel for answers

11. A teacher affects eternity.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. - Henry Brooks Adams

12. Lessons in kindness are equally important.

Lessons on kindness are just as important.

13. If you don’t like something, change it.

Your attitude

14. You can love them today and teach them tomorrow if you do.

Love is important

15. Each job comes with its own ups and downs. However, not all jobs can make a difference in a person’s life.

Every job has its ups and downs, but not every job can change a life. - inspirational teacher quotes

16. It is rewarding to be a teacher.

The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. - inspiration teacher quotes

17. Only the brave are able to teach.

Yeah, it takes an element of badassery

18. Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch.

Only the brave choose to teach.

19. The best teacher is one who has an intention not only in the mind, but also in the heart.

The best teacher lodges an intent not in the mind but in the heart. - Anne Michaels

20. Sometimes the teacher down the hall is the best PD.

Sometimes the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.

21. Happier students are only possible if you’re happy.

The trick to having happy students, is to, first be happy yourself.

22. Inspiration comes from a great teacher.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward

23. It is impossible to educate the mind and heart without education.

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24. You are an excellent teacher.

You are a great teacher. - inspirational teacher quotes

25. You should surround yourself with teachers who will encourage you.

Keep company mainly with teachers who uplift you.

26. Like a teacher.

Teachers are boss

27. Teaching is the profession which teaches all other professions.

Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. -Unknown

28. Let your coffee be strong.

The perfect recipe - inspirational teacher quotes

29. You can make everybody feel like you are a person.

Be that somebody- inspirational teacher quotes

30. Nothing can dim the light from within.

Let your light shine brightly- inspirational teacher quotes

31. Lead a school of fish.

Be the leader in a school of fish.

32 Every child needs at least one adult …

Every child needs at least one adult - inspirational teacher quotes

33. Be amazing, be awesome, and be yourself.

Be awesome, be amazing, be you.

34 Be kind in a world that allows you to be anyone.

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

35 Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. - retirement quotes for teachers

36. It all starts from the inside.

Inside of every great educator is a child that needed a better teacher

37. All types of diversity are necessary for the survival of the planet. ofYour minds.

The world needs all kinds of minds

38. Do what you are passionate about.

By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others

39. Your example changes the world.

The world is changed by your example not by your opinion

40 Plant some beautiful plants.

It is not what is poured into the student, but what is planted that counts

41 Your students will see you as a hero.

To the world you may be just a teacher but to your students you are a hero

42 They are your best teachers.

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don

43 I’m just a teacher standing in front of my class …

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44 You’re already an excellent teacher.

The fact that you worry about being a good teacher means that you already are one

45. If we teacher today’s students as we taught yesterday’s …

If we teach today

Your teaching practice should reflect this.

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45 of Our All-Time Favorite Teacher Quotes

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