This week, the first full one in May, is Teacher Appreciation Week. While educators and fans of education will read about a variety of ways to show your appreciation for teachers, here are some kind words shared by, about, and from teachers, educators, and education advocates throughout time. #ThankATeacher
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
-Patricia Neal, actressA teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
-Henry Adams, historianBetter than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.
-Japanese proverbEducation breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
–Confucius, Chinese philosopherI am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
-Alexander the Great, Greek leaderI am not a teacher, but an awakener.
-Robert Frost, poetI cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
-Temple Grandin, professor and animal rights’ advocateI 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, authorIn a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less.
-Lee Iacocca, business professionalIt is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others–and less trouble.
-Mark Twain, authorIt is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
-Albert Einstein, scientistMost of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.
-Andy Rooney, journalistOnly one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
-Bodhidharma, Buddhist monkTeach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.
-Abraham Lincoln, presidentTeacher appreciation makes the world of education go around.
-Helen Peters, authorTeachers are the one and only people who save nations.
-Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkish presidentTeachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.
-Joyce Meyer, motivational speakerTeaching is a calling too. And I’ve always thought that teachers in their way are holy – angels leading their flocks out of the darkness
-Jeanette Walls, authorTeaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
-Jacques Barzun, historianTeaching is the hardest work I’ve ever done, and remains the hardest work to date.
-Ann Richards, teacher & politicianTechnology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
-Bill Gates, business professionalThe direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
-Plato, Ancient Greek teacherThere is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.
-John F. Kennedy, PresidentThere is no profession more essential than that of an educator, and it’s time for all of us to embrace and celebrate their importance and contribution to America’s children
-Queen Latifah, actressYou want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor
and an A-‐ feel like a slap in the face…
Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:
Teachers make a goddamn difference! Now what about you?
-Taylor Mali, teacher