Colin O'Donoghue Quotes

I touch the future. I teach.

I became a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in people's lives.

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

Teachers do the noble work of educating our children. And we can't thank them enough for the hard work they put in every day to ensure a bright future for all of us.

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

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.

Teachers who help to open young minds perform a duty which is as near sacred as I will admit.

True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.

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

I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children.

Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers' Day.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.

Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

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

A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching.

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.