Justin Trudeau Quotes

It sounds so trite to say I make a difference, but I really feel, especially in a community college, I can make a difference.

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

It's nice to know you're working on something that will mean something to kids.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.

My father encouraged me to work in the library, just because it was the world that he knew. But I also wanted to do it. I also wanted to work in the library and be part of the library somehow, because it represented a world that really wasn't represented in my home, and I wanted it to be.

Teachers make a difference in individual students' lives, yet they do not get the respect they deserve.

We want our legacy to stand upon the youth. We want to give knowledge to the younger generation and be a part of changing the game.

I'm here to make an impact on the kids who truly care.

The greatest gift I've ever received is being a teacher.

When I was a teenager I hated having Bloomberg as a last name and being seen simply as someone's daughter. I used to shy away from it in every way. As I got older, I began to realize that it was something I could use to make a difference in the causes I cared about. I learned to be proud of my last name.

I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.

The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.

Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.

Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.

'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.

My grandmother wanted my father to be a teacher because she was a teacher. He didn't go down that road until much later in life; he just kind of retired after almost 20 years as being a visiting lecturer at Stanford, where he got his graduate degree.

As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me.

The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.

I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.