100+ Happy Teachers Day Quotes to Thank Our Teachers
by Menaga K
Updated Jul 31, 2023
100+ Teachers Day Quotes And Messages
A teacher's role in our lives is important as they shape us to be who we are today. You can appreciate and honor your favorite teacher on Teacher's day with some meaningful and thoughtful quotes.
Every year, World Teachers Day is observed on the 5th of September to pay tribute to teachers. The occasion not only celebrates them for teaching us but also provides a chance to identify the support they need to carry out their responsibilities. Get here some awesome Teacher's day quotes.
Teacher's Day Quotes From Students
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ― William Arthur Ward"
"Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring. ― Sidney J. Harris"
"In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how. ― Harry Wong"
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ― Gail Godwin"
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught as that every child should be given the wish to learn. ― John Lubbock"
"The need for imagination, as a sense of truth, and as a feeling of responsibility -- these are the three forces which are the very nerve of education. ― Rudolf Steiner"
"Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. ― Albert Einstein"
"Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process. ― A. Bartlett Giamatti"
"The teacher’s task is to initiate the learning process and then get out of the way. ― John Warren"
"A teacher affects eternity; he [or she] can never tell where his influence stops. ― Henry B. Adams"
"In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ― Jacques Barzun"
"The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. ― William James"
"Thirty-one chances. Thirty-one futures, our futures. It’s an almost psychotic feeling, believing that part of their lives belongs to me. Everything they become, I also become. And everything about me, they helped to create. ― Esme Raji Codell"
"Teachers are people who start things they never see finished, and for which they never get thanks until it is too late. ― Max Forman"
"Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensured a good life. ― Aristotle"
"What greater joy can a teacher feel than to witness a child’s success? ― Michelle L. Graham"
Teacher's Day Quotes For Favourite Teacher
"I had a traumatic childhood, and she was the mother I wished I had."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire - William Butler Yeats"
"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards - Anatole France"
"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers - Josef Albers"
"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world- Malala Yousafzai"
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth - Khalil Gibran"
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery - Mark Van Doren"
"They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it- Nicholas Sparks"
"Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher–Arne Duncan"
"Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents –Roger Moore"
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples –Amos Bronson Alcott"
"Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the Earth —Helen Caldicott, Physician and Author"
"There's no word in the language I revere more than teacher. My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher—Pat Conroy, Author"
"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit." - John Steinbeck, Author
"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'. " - Dan Rather
"Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students" - Godfrey Reggio
“Today I celebrate you for being selfless, devoted, hardworking, and the wisest person in the classroom. I am grateful to be your student. Happy Teachers’ Day!”
“Everyone needs a push and start in life. And for me, it was from my favourite teacher. Happy Teachers’ Day”
“I have so much gratitude for you, ma’am. You are a role model for all of your students. Thank you for making us wiser each and every day. Happy Teachers’ Day!”
“To my dearest Teacher, for your patience and caring, for your kind words and sharing. I just want to say thank you.”
Inspiring Teacher’s Day Quotes
“Thank you for guiding us in every chapter of life. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“You deserve extra marks for being a great human first. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“Because you have made me learn to take that first step. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“You made learning fun! Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“You are like water to my sapling. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“You gave the sense of color and I color the lives of others through my paintings. Happy Teacher’s Day to my Art Teacher.” ― Unknown
“Thank you for all the life lessons. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“Music has made me rise and shine as a singer, mainly because you taught me the right notes. Happy Teacher’s Day to my Music Teacher.” ― Unknown
“To the one who always corrects you when you’re wrong. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“The stars I got in class helped me through hard times. Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
“Today I am building houses because of the elements of force that you literally forced me to study! Happy Teacher’s Day to my Physics Teacher.” ― Unknown
“All the efforts and hard work you’ve invested to bring out the best in us can never be repaid in mere words. We can only feel grateful for having a teacher like you! Happy Teacher’s Day.” ― Unknown
Happy Teachers Day 2023 Quotes
“You taught us like a teacher, protected us like our parents, and guided us like a mentor. You truly deserve this day so much. Happy teachers’ day to my most beloved teacher!”― Unknown
“You have a very special power of inspiring young people like me. We need more teachers like you in our schools and colleges. Happy teachers’ day to you!” ― Unknown
“Dear Teacher, I would not be where I am in life right now, had it not been for your guidance and wisdom. I owe you all of my success. Thank you! And a Happy Teachers’ Day!” ― Unknown
“Teachers have to lead by example, and you have always been an excellent example to follow. As a student, I feel very grateful to have such a great mentor in my life. Happy Teachers’ Day!” ― Unknown
“Your best teacher is your last mistake.” ― Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin
“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” ― Colleen Wilcox
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” ― John Dewey
“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.” ― Joseph Addison
“I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.” ―Socrates
“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” ― Confucius (Kong Qui)
“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need the motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” ― Jim Rohn
“The main objective of teaching is not to give explanations, but to knock at the doors of the mind.” ― Rabindranath Tagore
Inspirational Teacher’s Day Quotes to Thank Our Educator
“Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.” ― Chinese Proverb
“A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.” ― Unknown
Teacher’s Day quotes and sayings to remind us how important our educators are
“Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher that will be the biggest honor for me.” ― A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression & knowledge.” ― Albert Einstein
30. “I have always felt that the true textbook for the pupil is his teacher.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Teachers are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” ― Helen Caldicott
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” ― Bill Gates
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.” ― Barack Obama
“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.” ― Dan Rather
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ― Henry Brooks Adams
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” ― Philip Wylie
“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.”― Solomon Ortiz
“The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.” ― Dr. Sarvepali Radhakrishnan
“Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis
“Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” ― Charles Kuralt
Teacher’s Day quotes and sayings
“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” ― Kahlil Gibran
“The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” ― Alexandra K. Trenfor
“The Master said, A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” ― Confucius
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ― William Arthur Ward
“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.” ― Unknown
“A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others.” ― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
“The greatest sign of success for a teacher…is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” ―Maria Montessori
“The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.” ― Unknown
“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” ― Brad Henry
"The future of the world is in my classroom today, a future with the potential for good or bad... Several future presidents are learning from me today; so are the great writers of the next decades, and so are all the so-called ordinary people who will make the decisions in a democracy. ―Ivan Welton Fitzwater"
"No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you. ― Althea Gibson"
"Thirty-one chances. Thirty-one futures, our futures. It’s an almost psychotic feeling, believing that part of their lives belongs to me. Everything they become, I also become. And everything about me, they helped to create. ― Esme Raji Codell"
"When the untapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds. ― Mary Hatwood Futrell"
"[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. ― Jim Henson"
"Teaching is the essential profession, the one that makes all professions possible. ― David Haselkorn"
"The work of a teacher -- exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic, never twice the same -- is at its heart an ethical enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations. ― William Ayres"
"What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching? ― Harriet Martineau"
Funny Teacher’s Day Quotes
"Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. ― Helen Caldicott"
"What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? ― Cicero"
"If kids come to educators and teachers from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important. ― Barbara Colorose"
"To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching. ― George Bernard Shaw"
"At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems -- the answer for all the problems of the world -- comes to a single word. That word is education. ― Lyndon B. Johnson"
"Happy teacher’s day. We can never thank you enough for your dedication, wisdom, and responsibility."
"Happy Teachers’ Day to all the amazing teachers of the world!"
"Thank you for teaching me with kindness, dear teacher. Happy Teachers’ Day!"
"Happy teachers’ day! It has been an honour to get to learn so many things from you; thanks for inspiring me!"
"Dear teacher, without your guidance and wisdom, I wouldn’t be where I am right now! Thank you and Happy Teachers Day!"
"Happy Teachers’ Day to you! Your wisdom, dedication, and kindness will always lead us to the right path and inspire us to be better human beings."
"Dear teacher, Wishing you a happy Teachers’ Day. Thank you for being the guiding light and for inspiring me to do well in my studies. You are the best teacher."
“A good teacher is a way to success. I was lucky enough to meet you. You have been such a wonderful friend and my biggest support, and I can’t be more grateful to you. Happy Teachers’ Day!”
“Teaching is one profession that creates all other professions. Thank you for helping me become the person I am today. Happy Teachers’ Day!”
“Being your student is truly a blessing. I’ve learned so much from you. You are, hands down, the best teacher and an amazing person. Thank you for everything you do for all of your students. Happy Teachers’ Day!”
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