Educators have one of the most important but difficult jobs in the world. Although many have tried to describe the effect of teachers in teacher appreciation quotes, there are just no words to adequately describe the many hats they wear. By the time Teacher Appreciation Month rolls around, they’ve earned that summer break! Check out our list of teacher appreciation quotes to remember why you should make your teacher feel super special! If you want to say thank you, consider writing a note of gratitude and including one of these teacher appreciation quotes (a gift card or another small gift never hurts, either!).
Say Thank You With Our Favorite Teacher Appreciation Quotes
1. One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. —Malala Yousafzai
![One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. —Malala Yousafzai Teacher Appreciation Quotes: One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. —Malala Yousafzai](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/1-31-800x800.jpg)
2. A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. —Brad Henry
![Brad Henry A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. —Brad Henry](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/3-28-800x800.jpg)
3. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. —Henry Brooks Adams
4. Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. —Josef Albers
5. A good teacher is like a candle: It consumes itself to light the way for others. —Unknown
![A good teacher is like a candle: It consumes itself to light the way for others. —Unknown A good teacher is like a candle: It consumes itself to light the way for others. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/7-71.jpg)
6. A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. —Thomas Carruthers
![A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. —Thomas Carruthers A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. —Thomas Carruthers](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/8-67.jpg)
7. If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to conceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into that as into any which he publishes. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
![If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to conceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into that as into any which he publishes. —Ralph Waldo Emerson If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to conceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into that as into any which he publishes. —Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/9-68.jpg)
8. Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. —Confucius
9. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. —Albert Einstein
10. Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. —Oliver Wendell Holmes
![Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. —Oliver Wendell Holmes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/13-68.jpg)
11. Everyone who remembers his own educational experience remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the kingpin of the educational situation. —Sidney Hook
![Everyone who remembers his own educational experience remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the kingpin of the educational situation. —Sidney Hook Everyone who remembers his own educational experience remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the kingpin of the educational situation. —Sidney Hook](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/14-66.jpg)
12. Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. —Japanese Proverb
13. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. —Carl Jung
14. One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. —Maria Montessori
15. But as I grew, my heroes changed so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child in this life is a hero to me. —Fred Rogers
![But as I grew, my heroes changed so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child in this life is a hero to me. —Fred Rogers But as I grew, my heroes changed so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child in this life is a hero to me. —Fred Rogers- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/22-56.jpg)
16. What is the greatest sign of success for a teacher thus transformed? It is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” —Maria Montessori
![What is the greatest sign of success for a teacher thus transformed? It is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” —Maria Montessori What is the greatest sign of success for a teacher thus transformed? It is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." —Maria Montessori](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/24-54.jpg)
17. I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. —John Wooden
18. If you can read this, thank a teacher. —American Proverb
![American Proverb If you can read this, thank a teacher. —American Proverb- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/29-13-800x800.jpg)
19. When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts. —Dalai Lama
![Dalai Lama When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts. —Dalai Lama](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/30-13-800x800.jpg)
20. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. —William Arthur Ward
![William Arthur Ward The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. —William Arthur Ward- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/32-13-800x800.jpg)
21. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. —Carl W. Buehner
![They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. —Carl W. Buehner They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. —Carl W. Buehner- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/33-46.jpg)
22. The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate “apparently ordinary” people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. —K. Patricia Cross
![K. Patricia Cross The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate apparently ordinary people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners, it is in making winners out of ordinary people. —K. Patricia Cross- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/36-13-800x800.jpg)
23. If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn. —Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
![If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn. —Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn. —Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/37-44.jpg)
24. Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me. —APJ Abdul Kalam
![APJ Abdul Kalam Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of the individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me. —APJ Abdul Kalam- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/38-13-800x800.jpg)
25. Summer vacation is the time when parents realize teachers are grossly underpaid. —Unknown
![Unknown Summer vacation is the time when parents realize teachers are grossly underpaid. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/41-13-800x800.jpg)
26. Teaching is not just a job. It is a human service, and it must be thought of as a mission. —Dr. Ralph Tyler
![Dr. Ralph Tyler Teaching is not just a job. It is a human service, and it must be thought of as a mission. —Dr. Ralph Tyler- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/42-13-800x800.jpg)
27. He who opens a school door closes a prison. —Victor Hugo
![Victor Hugo He who opens a school door closes a prison. —Victor Hugo](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/48-13-800x800.jpg)
28. If [the teacher] is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. —Kahlil Gibran
![Thank-You-Quotes-28_v2-1 If [the teacher] is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. —Kahlil Gibran](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/Thank-You-Quotes-28_v2-1.jpg)
29. Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. —Jacques Barzun
![Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. —Jacques Barzun Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. —Jacques Barzun- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/52-10-800x800.jpg)
30. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. —Gail Godwin
![Gail Godwin Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. —Gail Godwin](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/53-10-800x800.jpg)
31. My teacher thought I was smarter than I was—so I was. —Unknown 6-year-old child
![6-year-old child My teacher thought I was smarter than I was—so I was. —6-year-old child- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/54-10-800x800.jpg)
32. Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. —Solomon Ortiz
![Solomon Ortiz Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. —Solomon Ortiz](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/57-10-800x800.jpg)
33. One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. —Philip Wylie
![Philip Wylie One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. —Philip Wylie- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/58-10-800x800.jpg)
34. When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son. —The Talmud
![The Talmud When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son. —The Talmud](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/59-10-800x800.jpg)
35. Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care. —Horace Mann
![Horace Mann Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care. —Horace Mann- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/60-10-800x800.jpg)
36. A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart. —Unknown
![Unknown A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/61-10-800x800.jpg)
37. Not all superheroes wear capes—some have teaching degrees. —Unknown
![Unknown Not all superheroes wear capes—some have teaching degrees. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/62-10-800x800.jpg)
38. It takes a big heart to help shape little minds. —Unknown
![Unknown It takes a big heart to help shape little minds. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/63-10-800x800.jpg)
39. Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. —Unknown
![Unknown Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/66-10-800x800.jpg)
40. If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. —John Dewey
![If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. —John Dewey If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. —John Dewey](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/67-34.jpg)
41. Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. —Lady Bird Johnson
![Lady Bird Johnson Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. —Lady Bird Johnson](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/34-13-800x800.jpg)
42. What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased. —Unknown
![Unknown What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/69-10-800x800.jpg)
43. Teaching: the only profession where you steal things from home and bring them to work. —Unknown
![Unknown Teaching: the only profession where you steal things from home and bring them to work. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/70-10-800x800.jpg)
44. Cheers to all of the teachers who give out pencils every single day knowing that they’ll never get them back. —Unknown
![Unknown Cheers to all of the teachers who give out pencils every single day knowing that they’ll never get them back. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/71-8-800x800.jpg)
45. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. —Mark Van Doren
![Mark Van Doren The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. —Mark Van Doren- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/72-8-800x800.jpg)
46. Don’t judge a teacher until you’ve walked a mile in her shoes. —Unknown
![Unknown Don’t judge a teacher until you’ve walked a mile in her shoes. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/73-8-800x800.jpg)
47. I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. —Lily Tomlin
![Lily Tomlin I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. —Lily Tomlin- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/74-8-800x800.jpg)
48. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. —Unknown
![Unknown The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/76-7-800x800.jpg)
49. It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom. —Michael Morpurgo
![Michael Morpurgo It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom. —Michael Morpurgo- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/80-7-800x800.jpg)
50. The teacher … must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work. —Maria Montessori
![Maria Montessori The teacher … must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work. —Maria Montessori](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/83-6-800x800.jpg)
51. In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. —Phil Collins
![Phil Collins In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. —Phil Collins- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/85-6-800x800.jpg)
52. The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike. —H.L. Mencken
![H. L. Mencken The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike. —H. L. Mencken](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/86-6-800x800.jpg)
53. Without teachers, life would have no class. —Unknown
![Unknown Without teachers, life would have no class. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/87-6-800x800.jpg)
54. Good teachers are the ones who can challenge young minds without losing their own. —Unknown
![Unknown Good teachers are the ones who can challenge young minds without losing their own. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/88-6-800x800.jpg)
55. A truly amazing teacher is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget. —Unknown
![Unknown A truly amazing teacher is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget. —Unknown](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/89-5-800x800.jpg)
56. The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character. —Dorothea Dix
![Dorothea Dix The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character. —Dorothea Dix- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/90-5-800x800.jpg)
57. A teacher nourishes the soul of a child for a lifetime. —Unknown
![Unknown A teacher nourishes the soul of a child for a lifetime. —Unknown- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/91-5-800x800.jpg)
58. A truly special teacher is very wise and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes. —Unknown
59. Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. —Colleen Wilcox
![Colleen Wilcox Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. —Colleen Wilcox- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/93-5-800x800.jpg)
60. 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
![Dan Rather 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](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/94-5-800x800.jpg)
61. Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. —Garrison Keillor
![Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. —Garrison Keillor Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. —Garrison Keillor- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/95-24.jpg)
62. Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
![Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school. —Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/96-23.jpg)
63. In spite of some bad experiences, I’m a firm believer in the trial-and-error method of learning. —Andy Rooney
![In spite of some bad experiences, I’m a firm believer in the trial-and-error method of learning. —Andy Rooney In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial-and-error method of learning. —Andy Rooney](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/97-23.jpg)
64. The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy. —Michael Porter
![The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy. —Michael Porter The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy. —Michael Porter](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/98-22.jpg)
65. A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. —Gertrude Jekyll
![A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. —Gertrude Jekyll A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. —Gertrude Jekyll- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/99-22.jpg)
66. The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. —Amos Bronson Alcott
![The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. —Amos Bronson Alcott The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. —Amos Bronson Alcott](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/100-20.jpg)
67. Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers. —Joshua Reynolds
![Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers. —Joshua Reynolds Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers. —Joshua Reynolds](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/101-21.jpg)
68. Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. —Lloyd Alexander
![Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. —Lloyd Alexander Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. —Lloyd Alexander- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/102-18.jpg)
69. A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. —Wallace Stegner
![A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. —Wallace Stegner A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. —Wallace Stegner](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/103-17.jpg)
70. Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. —Haim Ginott
![Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. —Haim Ginott Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. —Haim Ginott](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/104-15.jpg)
71. Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. —Arthur Koestler
![Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. —Arthur Koestler Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. —Arthur Koestler](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/105-16.jpg)
72. It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. —Jean Rostand
![It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. —Jean Rostand It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. —Jean Rostand- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/106-15.jpg)
73. My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. —Simon Newcomb
![My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. —Simon Newcomb My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. —Simon Newcomb](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/107-14.jpg)
74. The whole secret of the teacher’s force lies in the conviction that men are convertible. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
![The whole secret of the teacher’s force lies in the conviction that men are convertible. —Ralph Waldo Emerson The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible. —Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/108-14.jpg)
75. I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher. —Mahatma Gandhi
![I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher. —Mahatma Gandhi I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher. —Mahatma Gandhi](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/109-13.jpg)
76. Not to keep from error, is the duty of the educator of men, but to guide the erring one, even to let him swill his error out of full cups—that is the wisdom of teachers. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Not to keep from error, is the duty of the educator of men, but to guide the erring one, even to let him swill his error out of full cups—that is the wisdom of teachers. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Not to keep from error, is the duty of the educator of men, but to guide the erring one, even to let him swill his error out of full cups—that is the wisdom of teachers. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/110-13.jpg)
77. What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization. —Helen Keller
![What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization. —Helen Keller What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization. —Helen Keller](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/111-13.jpg)
78. Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others. —Confucius
![Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others. —Confucius Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others. —Confucius- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/112-13.jpg)
79. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. —Nelson Mandela
![Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. —Nelson Mandela Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. —Nelson Mandela](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/113-13.jpg)
80. Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. —Marian Wright Edelman
![Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. —Marian Wright Edelman Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. —Marian Wright Edelman](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/114-13.jpg)
81. The good man is the teacher of the bad, and the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, or greatly care for the material, is greatly deluded . —Lao Tzu
![The good man is the teacher of the bad, and the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, or greatly care for the material, is greatly deluded . —Lao Tzu The good man is the teacher of the bad, and the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, or greatly care for the material, is greatly deluded . —Lao Tzu](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/115-15.jpg)
82. One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil. —Friedrich Nietzsche
![One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil. —Friedrich Nietzsche One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil. —Friedrich Nietzsche](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/116-15.jpg)
83. If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. —Confucius
![If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. —Confucius If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. —Confucius](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/117-14.jpg)
84. The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher. —Leo Tolstoy
![The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher. —Leo Tolstoy The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher. —Leo Tolstoy- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/118-14.jpg)
85. My studies gave me only a very superficial knowledge of philosophy but sharpened my interest in it. I benefited greatly from being a teacher—that is, from being able to spend a great deal of time reading, writing and educating myself. —Simone de Beauvoir
![My studies gave me only a very superficial knowledge of philosophy but sharpened my interest in it. I benefited greatly from being a teacher—that is, from being able to spend a great deal of time reading, writing and educating myself. —Simone de Beauvoir My studies gave me only a very superficial knowledge of philosophy but sharpened my interest in it. I benefited greatly from being a teacher—that is, from being able to spend a great deal of time reading, writing and educating myself. —Simone de Beauvoir](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/119-14.jpg)
86. The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries. —Lao Tzu
![The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries. —Lao Tzu The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries. —Lao Tzu- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/120-14.jpg)
87. Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. —Bill Gates
![Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. —Bill Gates Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. —Bill Gates](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/121-14.jpg)
88. Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him! —Ralph Waldo Emerson
![Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him! —Ralph Waldo Emerson Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him! —Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/122-12.jpg)
89. If you become a teacher, by your pupils you’ll be taught. —Oscar Hammerstein II
![If you become a teacher, by your pupils you’ll be taught. —Oscar Hammerstein II If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught. —Oscar Hammerstein II](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/123-13.jpg)
90. Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me. —Rob Sheffield
![Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me. —Rob Sheffield Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me. —Rob Sheffield- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/124-12.jpg)
91. When I was sixteen I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. My main feedback came from my English teacher, Miss Bessie B. Billings, who said, “I can’t understand this at all, dear, so it must be good.” —Margaret Atwood
![When I was sixteen I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. My main feedback came from my English teacher, Miss Bessie B. Billings, who said, “I can’t understand this at all, dear, so it must be good.” —Margaret Atwood When I was sixteen I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. My main feedback came from my English teacher, Miss Bessie B. Billings, who said, "I can't understand this at all, dear, so it must be good." —Margaret Atwood](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/125-12.jpg)
92. The best teacher lodges an intent not in the mind but in the heart. —Anne Michaels
![The best teacher lodges an intent not in the mind but in the heart. —Anne Michaels The best teacher lodges an intent not in the mind but in the heart. —Anne Michaels- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/126-11.jpg)
93. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. —Henry Adams
![A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. —Henry Adams A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. —Henry Adams](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/127-11.jpg)
94. The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we’re so anxious not to see. —C.S. Lewis
![The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we’re so anxious not to see. —C.S. Lewis The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we're so anxious not to see. —C.S. Lewis](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/128-11.jpg)
95. Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small. —Albert Einstein
![Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small. —Albert Einstein Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small. —Albert Einstein](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/129-11.jpg)
96. Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers. —Confucius
![Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers. —Confucius Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers. —Confucius- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/130-11.jpg)
97. Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don’t. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world. —Lao Tzu
![Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don’t. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world. —Lao Tzu Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world. —Lao Tzu](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/131-11.jpg)
98. An understanding heart is everything in a teacher and cannot be esteemed highly enough. —Carl Jung
![An understanding heart is everything in a teacher and cannot be esteemed highly enough. —Carl Jung An understanding heart is everything in a teacher and cannot be esteemed highly enough. —Carl Jung](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/132-10.jpg)
99. But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau
![But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau- Teacher Appreciation Quotes](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/133-10.jpg)
100. A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. —Mahatma Gandhi
![A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. —Mahatma Gandhi A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. —Mahatma Gandhi](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/134-10.jpg)
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