Teachers open doors, hearts, and possibilities. As the old Chinese Proverb reminds us, “Teachers open the door... You enter by yourself.” Here are words honoring those who guide, inspire, and believe in us. 🌸

I touch the future. I teach. ~ Christa McAuliffe

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein

All practical teachers know that education is a patient process of mastery of details, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. ~ Alfred North Whitehead

Teachers also must learn. ~ Charles Gragg

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he himself believes to be of value. ~ Bertrand Russell

Teachers perform major miracles in America, daily. ~ Meryl Streep

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ~ Bruce Lee

A word as to the education of the heart. We don't believe that this can be imparted through books; it can only be imparted through the loving touch of the teacher. ~ Cesar Chavez

A teacher's constant task is to take a roomful of live wires and see to it that they're grounded. ~ E.C. McKenzie

Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher. ~ German Proverb

We teach what we learn, and the cycle goes on. ~ Joan L. Curcio

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. ~ Patricia Neal

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. ~ Mark Van Doren

Teaching is the achievement of shared meaning. ~ D.B. Gowin

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer