Quintilian Quotes

Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day that is amazing enough in and of itself.

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

I believe there's not a harder job in the world than being a teacher, and there isn't a job with a more direct impact on the performance of our students.

It's every teacher's job to be rigorous about constantly being open to new ideas and innovation.

When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art.

My dad took me to a high school basketball game and this very, very famous coach in Michigan, by the name of Lofton Greene - he was a guy that my dad was familiar with. He was from our hometown. And I watched the game and I said I didn't see this guy doing a lot of coaching. And my dad told me, well, it's just like a teacher - which he was - he said if you do a good job teaching during the week, when they take the test on Friday, that's not the time you have to do a lot of demonstrative things.

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.

One might as well say he has sold when no one has bought as to say he has taught when no one has learned.

I could always see myself being a teacher. I remember sitting in class as a kid, listening to the teacher and thinking, you know, I'm pretty sure I could explain that a little bit better.

I've always wanted to play a teacher.

The greatest teachers are the ones that turn a B student into an A student, or a failing student into a B student.

Teaching is like trying to hold 35 corks underwater at once.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.

My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years in the public schools. She's definitely got some war stories.

To teach is to touch the heart and impel it to action.

I wanted to be a fifth grade teacher because my teacher was so important to me and was giving me the education that was going to take me through life and through this world.

You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.

To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

Back in the class room, open your books, keep up, the teacher don't know how mean she looks.

I am a teacher... The life I lead is the most agreeable I can imagine. [In the] classroom ... there await me a group of intelligent and curious young ... [people] who read the books assigned them with a sense of adventure and discovery, discuss them with zest, and listen appreciatively to explications I may offer. What makes the process most satisfying is the conviction that ... education is mankind's most important enterprise.

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.

There 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.