Jeannette Walls Quotes

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

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

There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.

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

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

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

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

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

Great teachers are the ones who inspire you.

I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive.

Teachers are important in this world.

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.

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

Teachers have been some of the most important people in my career.

The teachers I've learned the most from, didn't think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.

At our best, we are all teachers

My life has been transformed by great teachers all the way.

The teacher left her wisdom, in the minds of lots of children, and did her best to give them all a better start.

For eager teachers seized my youth, pruned my faith and trimmed my fire. Showed me the high, white star of truth, there bade me gaze and there aspire.

Any great teacher is a great student.

the calling of the teacher. There is no craft more privileged. To awaken in another human being powers, dreams beyond one’s own; to induce in others a love for that which one loves; to make of one’s inward present their future; that is a threefold adventure like no other.

I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.