Teacher Memes & Quotes
"Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history." - Ray Merritt, author
"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate." - Anonymous
"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you." - Robert Fulgham, author
"Children are like wet cement whatever falls on them makes an impression." - Haim Ginott, child psychologist
"Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit." - Helena Rubinstein
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition." - Indira Gandhi
"Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded." - Jess Lair, author
"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." - Jimmy Johnson
"You can learn from children. How much patience you have, for instance." - Franklin P. Jones, American humorist
"Children need models rather than critics." - Joseph Joubert, French moralist
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
"Children see magic because they look for it." - Christopher Moore, writer
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence." - Ovid
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." - Mary Ann Radmacher
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown
"By changing nothing, nothing changes." - Tony Robbins
"Adults are just outdated children." - Dr. Suess
"Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week." - Spanish proverb
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today." - Stacia Tauscher, dancer and artist
"The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation." - Ray L. Wilbur, 3rd President of Stanford University
"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." - Alice Wellington Rollins
"Teaching is not lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." - Jacques Barzun
"Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops." - Henry Brooks Adams
"My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!" - Anne Sullivan
"I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment." - Paul Wellstone
"I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession." - John Wooden, Hall of Fame NCAA Men's Basketball Coach
"The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching." - Aristotle
"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 shard stick called 'truth'." - Dan Rather
"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium of the human mind and spirit." - John Steinbeck
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Education id the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students." - Solomon Ortiz
"A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning." - Brad Henry
