30 Teacher Quotes For Our Favorite Educators

“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.”

Updated on September 5, 2024

Whether it's Teacher Appreciation Day or you know a teacher who could use an extra pep in their step, these inspirational teacher quotes are sure to give encouragement to all of the educators out there.

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Inspirational Teaching Quotes

Inspirational Teacher Quote About Imparting Knowledge — Southern Living

"Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts; it is acquiring understanding."—William Arthur Ward
"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best." –Bob Talbert
"Nine-tenths of education is encouragement." –Anatole France
"I touch the future. I teach." –Christa McAuliffe
"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together." –Scott Hayden

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Funny Teacher Quotes

Darwin D Martin Teacher Quote — Southern Living

"A teacher's job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded." –Darwin D. Martin
"Good teachers are the ones who can challenge young minds without losing their own." –Unknown
"Teaching is the greatest act of optimism." –Colleen Wilcox
"Teaching: the only profession where you steal things from home and bring them to work." –Unknown
"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework." –Lily Tomlin
"Educators are the only people who lose sleep over other people's kids." –Nicholas A. Ferroni
"I can't believe I just saw my teacher at the grocery store! I thought she lived in her classroom!" –Heidi McDonald
"There are three good reasons to be a teacher –June, July, and August." –Unknown

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Teacher Appreciation Quotes

"Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system." –Sidney Hook
"Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students." –Solomon Ortiz
"Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges." –Joyce Meyer
"If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes." –Guy Kawasaki
"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth.'" –Dan Rather

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Quotes About Great Teachers

"A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others." –Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom." –Michael Morpurgo
"To this end, the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher." –John Strachan
"The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike." –H. L. Mencken
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." –Henry B. Adams
"A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning." –Brad Henry

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Quotes About Education

Teacher Discovery Quote — Southern Living

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery." –Mark Van Doren
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." –Malcolm X
"To teach is to learn twice over." –Joseph Joubert
"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them." –Lady Bird Johnson
"The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character." –Dorothea Dix
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." –Albert Einstein

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