Teacher Appreciation – Teachers are the threads that weave knowledge, inspiration, and guidance into the lives of their students, our kids. Many teachers don’t get the recognition they need, so during this time, we need to show how much we truly appreciate all they do for our children!
As we celebrate the invaluable contributions of these dedicated individuals, it's essential to acknowledge their tireless efforts and their profound impact on shaping minds and futures.
Here are some of the best teacher appreciation quotes you can use to show how much you care for your child’s teacher.
From words of wisdom to heartfelt sentiments, these quotes serve as a testament to the
profound influence of teachers in nurturing intellect and fostering growth in our kids.
Teacher Appreciation Quotes
1. “If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” –
Guy Kawasaki
2. The fact that you worry about being a good teacher means that you already are one.
Jodi Picoult
3. “Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great
teacher.” -Arne Duncan
4. “Teachers appreciate being appreciated, for teacher appreciation is their highest award.”
-William Prince
5. “Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around.” -Helen Peters
6. “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” -Mustafa
Kemal Ataturk
7. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and
knowledge.” -Albert Einstein
8. There is no recipe to be a great teacher; that's what is unique about them." -Robert
Sternberg
9. “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives
of their students.” -Solomon Ortiz
10. “Without teachers, life would have no class.” -Unknown
11. “Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.” -Joyce
Meyer
12. “A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.” -Ever Garrison
13. “Give me a fish, and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish, and I eat for a lifetime.” -Chinese
Proverb
14. “The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future.” -F. Sionil Jose
15. “Teachers play such an enormous role in forming, not just teaching them, but forming
character in our kids. We have to thank them for what they do. They are the
core that makes our society work.” -Jeanine Pirro
16. “When we strive to become better teachers than we are, everyone in our classroom
becomes better too.” -Robert John Meehan
17. “A good teacher can inspire hope; ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” -Brad Henry
18. “Teachers need to know how appreciated they are. It is what fuels them to continue
moving forward on the difficult days.” -George Henderson
19. “Good teachers are the ones who can challenge young minds without losing their own.” -Unknown
20. Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn. -Benjamin
Franklin
21. “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” -American Proverb
22. “It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.” -Michael Morpurgo
23. “Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has
something special that can be built upon.” -Ann Lieberman
24. “A teacher nourishes the soul of a child for a lifetime.” -Unknown
25. “The great teacher is not the man who supplies the most facts, but the one in whose
presence we become different people.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
26. “Teachers are the builders of tomorrow.” -Unknown
27. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.”-Alexandra K. Trenfor
28. “Some people change the world. And some people change the people who change the
world, and that’s you.” -Kij Johnson
29. “I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the
medium is the human mind and spirit.” -John Steinbeck
30. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” -Malala Yousafzai
31. “Educators are the only people who lose sleep over other people’s kids.” -Nicholas A.
Ferroni
32. “A good teacher isn’t someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is
understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed.” –
Justin Trudeau
33. “In order to be an effective teacher, you have to love your students as human beings,
and you have to love teaching.” -Maribeth Sublette
34. “A truly amazing teacher is hard to find, difficult to part with, and impossible to forget.” -Unknown
35. Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best." -Bob Talbert
36. “Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future.” -Thomas McKinnon
37. “Teaching is a calling too. And I’ve always thought that teachers in their way are holy —
angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.” -Jeannette Walls
38. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. -Henry Adams
39. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. -Mark Van Doren
40. “The mediocre teacher says. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher
demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” -William Arthur Ward
41. “Teachers are the true heroes of this world, and no one can convince me otherwise.” –
Sherilynn Gates
42. “Not all superheroes wear capes; some have teaching degrees.” -Unknown
43. “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
44. “When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.” –
Dalai Lama
45. “I am indebted to my father for living but to my teacher for living well.” -Alexander the
Great
46. “The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters every day.” -Todd Whitaker
47. Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am. -Jill Bide
48. “Don’t judge a teacher until you’ve walked a mile in her shoes.” -Unknown
49. “Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing
the first two loves together.” -Scott Hayden
50. “The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give
energy to the character.” -Dorothea Dix
51. “To me, there is nothing more exciting, fulfilling, and wonderful than watching a kid finally grasp a concept, then take the information and use it in the real world. Teachers make this happen. Teachers motivate. Teachers synthesize information to help students
understand. Teachers listen, coach, and mentor. Teachers matter.” -George Lucas
52. “Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it
awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always
known.” -Frank Herbert
53. “Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers
have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.” -Andy Rooney
54. “Everyone who remembers his education remembers teachers, not methods and
techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.” -Sidney Hook
55. “A truly special teacher is very wise and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes.” -Unknown
56. “Being able to help someone learn something is a talent.” -Margaret Riel
57. “They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” –
Carl W. Buechner
58. “One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” –
Maria Montessori
59. “The human mind is an incredible thing. It can conceive of the magnificence of the
heavens and the intricacies of the basic components of matter. Yet, for each mind to
achieve its full potential, it needs a spark. The spark of inquiry and wonder. Often that spark comes from a teacher… If you look behind every exceptional person there is an
exceptional teacher. When each of us thinks about what we can do in life, chances are
we can do it because of a teacher.” -Stephen Hawking
60. “Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” -Charles Kuralt
61. “Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It
requires long hours, patience, and care.” -Horace Mann
62. “What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” -Karl Menninger
63. “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
64. “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” -Tom Brokaw
65. “In the classroom, you’re not just a teacher; you’re a dream builder.” -Unknown
66. “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” -Anatole France
67. “Summer vacation is the time when parents realize teachers are grossly underpaid.” –
Unknown
68. “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” –
Confucius
69. “I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any
other single profession.” -John Wooden
70. “One looks back with teacher appreciation to the brilliant teachers but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and the soul of the child.” -Carl Jung
71. “Teaching is not just a job. It is a human service, and it must be thought of as a mission.” -Dr. Ralph Tyler
72. “Invest in our teachers, and our children will succeed.” -Barack Obama
73. “Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.” -Unknown
74. “What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our
youth?” -Marcus T. Cicero
75. “The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to
embrace all aspects of life. I wanted to follow Mr. Monte around for the rest of my life,
learning everything he wished to share or impart, but I didn’t know how to ask.” -Pat
Conroy
76. “When you study great teachers … you will learn much more from their caring and hard
work than from their style.” -William Glasser
77. “Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach.” -Aristotle
78. “Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society
because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” -Helen Caldicott
79. “One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” -Philip Wylie
80. “What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased.” -Unknown
81. “The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.” -Unknown
82. “The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike.” -H. L. Mencken
83. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.” -Fred Rogers
84. “Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but that’s because you’re a
teacher.” -Aaron Bacall
85. “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” -Marian Wright Edelman
86. “Cheers to all of the teachers who give out pencils every single day who know that they’ll never get them back.” -Unknown
87. “What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more
qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching?”
-Harriet Martineau
88. “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” –
Japanese proverb
89. “My English teacher, Mrs. Bodey, was instrumental in the educational journey that
carried me through school and into my career. Until her class, I hadn’t believed in my
ability as a writer. She recognized my potential and showed me that I could write with
creativity, with clarity, with passion.” -John Legend
90. “What a gift for any teacher to see the students smile and live up to their potential. That’s the reward. That’s humbling to be a witness to something like that.” -Mary Vallelonga
91. “Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -John C.Maxwell
Teachers are the foundation for our children right now. Their unwavering dedication, boundless compassion, and relentless pursuit of knowledge are beacons of hope in a world often overshadowed by uncertainty.
As we express our gratitude through these heartfelt teacher appreciation quotes, let us not only acknowledge the monumental impact of teachers on our kids’ lives but also commit to giving them unwavering support and teacher appreciation all year round.
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