Quotes on Teacher Appreciation

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

One looks back with 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 for the soul of the child.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.