Randi Weingarten Quotes

Most 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.

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

Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.

I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

If you think about it, all of us have one or more teachers who were instrumental.

I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students.

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

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

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 got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

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

In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D'Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

I've met Oprah Winfrey twice, but I want to spend some quality time with her. I want to sit her down and talk at her for a minute about what she means to me and why she means that. Then I have some advice for her, too... I have an idea or two.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.

Great teachers are the ones who inspire you.

Parents will often thank me for being a good role model for their kids or tell me, 'You'll never understand how much you mean to my daughter,' so then I feel I don't want to let down the parents, either.

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

Parents are, of course, most important in shaping their children's lives, but teachers are critically important as well. Who among us doesn't look back on a few great teachers who inspired us, opened up new worlds, and helped make us who we are?

I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.

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