35 Inspirational Quotes for Teachers Appreciation

From times immemorial, a teacher has a special place in the lives and hearts of knowledge-seekers. Revered for being a noble profession which can transform the lives of students, ancient Hindu Vedic scriptures and global literature put the teacher on a pedestal as a Godly person.

A teacher called as a “Guru” in Indian parlance always played an important role in helping his ardent students change for the better. Influencing the thoughts and actions of his students, a teacher through his creative thinking can be tagged as a lasting contributor to the progress of mankind. It goes without saying that students in whose hands the future of a society lies in, constantly demands guidance of a knowledgeable and wise person. And this person is none other than your teacher who will help you tread the path of righteousness by applying knowledge.

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From Gurukul, the ancient Indian teaching tradition which demanded the stay of a student in the hermitage of his Guru for many years, to modern universities which throw light on various subjects, the importance of a teacher is illustrated in the form of famous sayings. Singing in praise of the virtues a teacher has, here is an attempt to speak about the selfless service rendered by the teacher community through a short list of “teacher appreciation” quotes. Here are some amazing thoughts on teachers.

1. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward 

2. “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” – Socrates

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3. “A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.” – Patricia Neal

4. “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”-  Alexander the Great

5. “I put the relation of a fine teacher to a student just below the relation of a mother to a son.”- Thomas Wolfe

6. “My teacher gave me the best gift of all: Believing in me!” – Heidi McDonald

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7. “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

8. “Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.”- Aristotle

9. “To the world you may be just a teacher, but to your students you are a hero.” – Author Unknown

10. “Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but that’s because you’re a teacher.” – Aaron Bacall

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11. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. – Author Unknown

12. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others. – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (A Turkish quote translated into English) 

13. 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

14. The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. – Eric Hoffer

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15. Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.  – Author Unknown

16. A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart. – Author Unknown

17. A truly special teacher is very wise, and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes. – Author Unknown

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

19. He who opens a school door, closes a prison. – Victor Hugo

20. 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

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21. 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. – Khalil Gibran

22. Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.- Colleen Wilcox

23. Teachers appreciate being appreciated, for teacher appreciation is their highest award. – William Prince

24. I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.- John Steinbeck

25. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. – Mark Van Doren

26. Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher.- Jack Handey

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

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28. Teach the children so that it will not be necessary to teach the adults.” – Abraham Lincoln

29. “What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” – Soren Kierkegaard

30. “Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.” – Haim Ginott

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31. “To teach is to learn twice.” – Joseph Joubert

32. “Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.” – Josef Albers

33. “The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influences.” – Amos Alcott

34. “Good teachers are those who know how little they know. Bad teachers are those who think they know more than they don’t know.” – R. Verdi

Entrusted with a huge responsibility of enriching the lives of mortals, teachers undoubtedly become the instruments of positive change. Immortalizing the philosophy behind education, a teacher continues to live in the heart of every student through his morals and principles, even after losing his physical form of existence.

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