An exciting way to introduce a new concept, ignite a discussion, or inspire energy in the classroom or at a teacher's meeting is to borrow the words of others. Why do things other people have said have such an effect on us? I believe it is because we are social creatures and we want to know what others have dealt with situations similar to ours. When we find words we wish we had spoken or that resonate in our soul, we latch onto those words and share them with others trying to elicit a similar emotional response. Like sitting down and sharing a wonderful meal together, we experience a spiritual, kindred connection with someone who appreciates a beautiful thought preserved in writing for all time.
With that in mind, I have compiled some of my favorite educational quotes as well as some excellent sites where you can dig around and find words that resonate with you! Who knows...mabye you need these words or maybe passing them on to a colleague will brighten their day!
"The great melting-pot of America, the place where we are all made American's of, is the public school, where men of every race, and every origin, and of every station of life send their children, and where being mixed together, they are all infused with the American spirit and developed into the American man and the American woman." ~Woodrow Wilson
"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework." ~Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"
"In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years." ~Jacques Barzun
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." ~Henry Brooks Adams
"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron." ~Horace Mann
"A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others." ~Author Unknown
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." ~William Arthur Ward
"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child." ~Carl Jung
"Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task." ~Haim G. Ginott
"One mark of a great educator is the ability to lead students out to new places where even the educator has never been." ~Thomas Groome
"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well." ~Alexander the Great
"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." ~Kathy Davis
"I am not a teacher, but an awakener." ~Robert Frost
"Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree." ~Marian Wright Edelman
"Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." ~Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him." ~Booker T. Washington
"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power." ~Clint Eastwood
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself." –Henry Ward Beecher
"A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking." --Earl Wilson
"Character is what you do when nobody's looking." --J.C. Watts
"Great learning and superior abilities, should you possess them, will be of little value and small Estimation, unless Virtue, Honor, Truth, and Integrity are added to them. The welfare and prosperity of all countries, communities, and may I add, individuals, depends upon their morals." --Abigail Adams
"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." --President Theodore Roosevelt
"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark." --Chinese Proverb
"A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectation." --Author Unknown
“An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” --Carl Jung
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