Monica Johnson Quotes

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.

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.

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

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

If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem.

I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me... simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what I had to offer was worthy.

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

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

Not to belittle what we do as actors, but my wife Helen is a teacher, and she makes a real difference to kids. So it's unusual to see people thinking of us as something special.

I do what I do because I like doing it. I'm well paid for it. I get far too much adulation compared with what it's worth.

I can see that I give my audience something. I can see it in their eyes, and they say 'Thank you' a lot. You realize you are doing something that means something to people.

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

It's good to be able to feel appreciated and to be able to know that your efforts and the impact in the sport meant something.

At the end of the day, most people just want to be valued. They want to feel they have put their time to something that will seem to have been of value when they die.

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

I love what I do; I love what is being given to me. I am comfortable with it, and I love the way it has been received.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

I make a lot of money, but I need to be treated right.

Teachers deserve more respect than many give them, and more opportunities than the system affords them today.

You remember all your teachers.

It's a great feeling when your work is appreciated.