A Tribute to Teachers: 52 Best Teacher Quotes & Sayings to Show Your Appreciation for Educators

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Last Updated: 2024. 08. 01

Looking for quotes and saying about teachers to show your appreciation to favorite teacher? Or need some inspirational quotes for teachers to strengthen and inspire an educator or motivate a new teacher? … You’ve come to the right place!

Here are the best teacher quotes for expressing appreciation for brilliant teachers, inspiring any educator or getting motivated in the classroom.

52 Best Quotes for Teachers:

Inspirational Teaching Quotes to Motivate a Teacher Teacher Appreciation Quotes & Messages to Thank Your Educators Funny Quotes for Teachers to Brighten The Day Teachers’ Day Messages & Quotes to Show Your Appreciation

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Inspirational Teaching Quotes to Motivate a Teacher

Teachers often encourage and inspire their students. But who inspire to motivate themselves?

So, let’s begin with some inspirational teaching quotes, which can give encouragement to all of the educators out there and remember them why they started in the first place. Check the list below to lift your spirits and renew your passion as an educator!

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Inspirational Teaching Quotes to Motivate a Teacher

"Intelligence plus character ― that is the goal of true education."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"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

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener."

- Robert Frost

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see."

- Alexandra K. Trenfor

"The world is changed by your example not by your opinion."

- Paulo Coelho

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

- B.B. King

"Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges."

- Joyce Meyer

"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best."

- Bob Talbert.

"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world."

- Malala Yousafzai

"Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care."

- John C. Maxwell

"When we strive to become better teachers than we are, everyone in our classroom becomes better too."

- Robert John Meehan

"To aid life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself, that is the basic task of the educator."

- Maria Montessori

"They may forget what you said — but they will never forget how you made them feel."

- Carl Buehner

Teacher Appreciation Quotes and Messages to Thank Your Educators

What are the best teacher appreciation quotes? Here are some quotes and messages that appreciate the selflessness and passion of those educators:

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Teacher Appreciation Quotes to Thank Your Educators

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

- Henry Brooks Adams

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

— Benjamin Franklin

"If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes."

– Guy Kawasaki

"The fact that you worry about being a good teacher, means that you already are one."

- Jodi Picoult

"There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them."

- Robert Sternberg

"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."

- Alexander the Great

"Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime."

- Chinese Proverb

"Teachers appreciate being appreciated, for teacher appreciation is their highest award."

- William Prince

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Teacher Appreciation Messages to Thank Your Educators

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"Your support and encouragement have changed my world. Thank you, teacher!"

"You are not just a teacher, but a true inspiration. Thank you."

"Thank you for being my guide and teaching me life lessons."

"Teachers like you are the reason why ordinary students dream of doing extraordinary things. Thank you."

"Your teachings go beyond the classroom. Thank you for being our mentor."

Funny Quotes for Teachers to Brighten The Day

Now, we will list some funny and hilarious teacher quotes that will have you chuckling in agreement. Get ready to enjoy some funny words of wisdom about teacher:

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Funny Quotes for Teachers to Brighten The Day

"There are three good reasons to be a teacher –June, July, and August."

– Unknown

"Educators are the only people who lose sleep over other people’s kids."

- Nicholas A. Ferroni.

"A teacher's dilemma: deciding whether 'I was abducted by aliens and they erased my memory' is a more creative excuse than 'my dog ate my homework'."

- Unknown

"A teacher's job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded."

- Darwin D. Martin

"Teaching: the only profession where you steal things from home and bring them to work."

- Unknown

"Being a new teacher is like trying to fly an airplane while building it."

- Rick Smith.

"Teachers are like magicians; they can turn caffeine and chaos into education and wisdom."

- Unknown

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

- William Butler Yeats

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."

- Lily Tomlin

"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre."

- Gail Godwin

"Teachers: not all superheroes have capes, some have patience, a whiteboard, and a never-ending pile of grading."

- Unknown

"Out of gifts? Don't worry, coffee and patience will suffice."

- Unknown

Teachers' Day Messages & Quotes to Show Your Appreciation

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Teachers' Day is coming! To honour and celebrate our beloved teachers on this special occasion, we list some teacher quotes that you can send to your favorite teachers expressing your appreciation!

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Teachers’ Day Messages to Show Your Appreciation

"Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. Cheers on Teachers' Day!"

"On Teachers' Day, we celebrate the hard work and dedication of all the teachers who go above and beyond to ensure our future shines bright."

"Happy Teachers' Day to someone who has taken the time to listen, guide, and support—an extraordinary teacher."

"To the world, you may just be a teacher, but to your students, you are a hero. Best wishes on Teachers' Day."

"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. On Teachers' Day, we thank you for being our guide."

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"Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but that’s because you’re a teacher."

- Aaron Bacall

"Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around."

- Helen Peters

"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."

- Japanese Proverb

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."

- Khalil Gibran

"A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils."

- Ever Garrison

"Not all superheroes wear capes, some have teaching degrees."

- Unknown

"One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen."

- Philip Wylie

"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul."

- Joseph Addison

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

- Marcel Proust

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