30 Inspirational Quotes For Teachers

1. “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.”

2. “Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.”

3. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

4. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

5. “A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart.”

6. “The influence of a great teacher can never be erased.”

7. “Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.”

8. “Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”

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

10. “A teacher affects eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.”

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

12. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”

13. “The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you.”

14. “Teachers plant the seeds of knowledge that grow forever.”

15. “To teach is to learn twice.”

16. “A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded.”

17. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

18. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.”

19. “What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased.”

20. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”

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

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

23. “A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything.”

24. “The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.”

25. “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theater.”

26. “The future of the world is in my classroom today.”

27. “They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

28. “Teaching is not a profession; it’s a passion.”

29. “A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in their own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.”

30. “Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be.”