“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.”
A good teacher changes lives, often without realizing it until years later. These quotes honor educators — their patience, dedication, creativity, and the underappreciated truth that teaching is one of the most demanding and important professions there is.
“I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.”
“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.”
“There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school.”
“Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.”
“For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.”
“But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.”
“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.”
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
“A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.”
“The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.”
“I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little.”
“There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.”
“The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.”
“When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.”
“They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.”
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”