1. “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” – Brad Henry
2. “No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.” – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
3. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
4. “Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” – Colleen Wilcox
5. “What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” – Karl A. Menninger
6. “You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” – Galileo Galilei
7. “Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.” – Unknown
8. “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.” – Gail Godwin
9. “The teachers who get “burned out” are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times.” – Frank Martin
10. “Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Unknown
11. “What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” – George Bernard Shaw
12. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert
13. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren
14. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams
15. “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” – John Dewey
16. “It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.” – Michael Morpurgo