A glimmer of hope where you thought it didn’t exist.” – Matt Haig

“This is the point of being a teacher.“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” – Colleen Wilcox.“Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.” – Unknown.“Sometimes the greatest PD is the teacher down the hall.” – Brian Aspinall.They remember what you are.” – Jim Henson “Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them.“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats.“Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch.” – Judy Blume.And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.” – Jeffrey R. “If some students are unresponsive maybe you can’t teach them yet, but you can love them.“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela.“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” – Percicles.“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.” – Joyce Meyer.“Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” – Helen Caldicott.“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” – Phil Collins.“Watch a teacher with a classroom full of students, and you’ll see what real love looks like.” – Teresa Kwant.

“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist, and that teaching might even be the greatest of the arts, since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” – John Steinbeck.

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

“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese Proverb.

They are society’s heroes.” – Guy Kawasaki

“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers.

Here are 100 quotes to encourage educators and remind them of their incredible value and importance to the world. Teachers love their jobs, but sometimes they need something uplifting to remind them why they do what they do. Teaching is hard! Along with the joys of influencing the next generation come lesson planning, grading papers, making copies, dealing with discipline issues, and so much more.

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