Teacher Quotes

Teacher quotes thank the mentors who explain patiently, believe early and change lives through lessons remembered long after school. Pick a line for a caption, status or message, then copy it or download a free image card.

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A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

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

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

Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.

— Anonymous

Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.

A teacher presents the past, reveals the present, and creates the future.

— Anonymous