200 Best Teacher Appreciation Thank You Quotes And Messages

1. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.” Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers)

2. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”

3. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” Alexandra K. Trenfor

4. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

5. No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson

6. He who opens a school door closes a prison. Victor Hugo

7. I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Alexander The Great

8. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.”

9. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren

10. You are making a difference every day.

11. “Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.” John C. Dana

12. I am not a teacher but ab awakener. Robert Frost

13. Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten, B.K. Skinner

14. The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity. Robert Brault.

15. Everybody’s a teacher if you listen. Doris Roberts

16. Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. Fred Rogers

17. A teacher ignites the fire that fuels a student’s thirst for knowledge, curiosity and wisdom.

18. 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. Andy Rooney

19. “Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future.” Thomas Mckinnon

20. A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank … but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child. Forest Witcraft

21. “When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.”

22. “Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future.”

23. One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. Maria Montessori

24. Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. Haim Ginott

25. Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle.

26. One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. Malala Yousafzai

27. “If you can read this, thank a teacher.”

28. What we learn with pleasure we never forget. Alfred Mercier

29. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William A. Ward

30. “Teachers appreciate being appreciated, for teacher appreciation is their highest award.” William Prince

31. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein

32. Be the person you needed when you were younger

33. “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

34. A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams

35. “A teacher plants the seeds of knowledge, sprinkles them with love, and patiently nurtures their growth to produce tomorrow’s dreams.”Author unknown

36. “The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate ‘apparently ordinary’ people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.”

37. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

38. “A good teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.”

39. “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” Anatole France

40. I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student, and not to a test. Erin Gruwell

41. “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”

42. The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth.’ Dan Rather

43. In every lesson give yourself the opportunity to learn from the class in the same way that they learn from you.

44. “When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” The Talmud

45. “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”

46. Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future. Thomas Mckinnon

47. Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. Chinese proverb

48. He saw talent, he saw hope, he saw a future. He believed in me so much I began to believe in myself. Danielle Glick

49. “To teach is to learn twice.” Joseph Joubert

50. Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart but that’s because you’re a teacher. Aaron Bacall

51. Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. John C. Dana

52. “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” American proverb

53. Teachers who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.

54. “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks…” William Shakespeare From:Twelfth Night

55. “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.”

56. To teach, learn. To learn, teach. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

57. “I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.” John Wooden

58. “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

59. Teachers who inspire realize there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. There will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones, it all depends on how we use them.

60. “A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart.”

61. Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. Jack Handey

62. “Ideal teachers are those who 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.” Nikos Kazantzakis

63. I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. John Wooden

64. Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the Earth. Helen Caldicott

65. Great teachers are great mentors. Lailah Gifty Akita

66. Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. Bob Talbert

67. The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. Plato

68. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.”

69. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” Mark Van Doren

70. Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. Joyce Meyer

71. Teachers who love teaching teach children to love learning.

72. If you can read this, thank a teacher. American proverb

73. Nine-tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France

74. To teach is to touch a life forever.

75. “Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.”

76. Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions. Unknown

77. Without teacher appreciation there can’t be any student progress. Theresa Grimm

78. “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” Lily Tomlin (“Edith Ann”)

79. “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”

80. “A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”

81. Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. Mary Catherine Bateson

82. The teacher … must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.” Maria Montessori

83. “Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.” Ann Lieberman

84. “A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

85. The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’ Maria Montessori

86. “What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” Karl Menninger

87. Because my teacher believed in me, I never gave up. Now I am flying towards my dreams. Heidi McDonald

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

89. Even where there are no schools, there are teachers. Sharad Vivek Sagar

90. “What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased.”

91. “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

92. The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. Robert M. Hutchins

93. “One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” Maria Montessori

94. “A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart.” Author Unknown

95. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Henry Brooks Adams

96. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” Albert Einstein

97. Teachers plant the seeds of knowledge that last a lifetime.

98. “If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” Guy Kawasaki

99. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats

100. “Not all superheroes have capes, some have Teaching Degrees.”

101. “What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased.” Author Unknown

102. “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Alfred Mercier

103. “One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings.”

104. “The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.” Author Unknown

105. “A good teacher can inspire hope; ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.”

106. Teachers encourage minds to think, hands to create and hearts to love.

107. “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” Will Rodgers

108. “It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.” Author Unknown

109. Whoever first coined the phrase ‘you’re the wind beneath my wings’ most assuredly was reflecting on the sublime influence of a very special teacher. Frank Trujillo

110. The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Kahlil Gibran

111. “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.”

112. I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. Socrates.

113. A truly special teacher is very wise, and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes. Author Unknown

114. “None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots.” Thurgood Marshall

115. To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert

116. Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. Josef Albers

117. Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. Abdul Kalan

118. “Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon.”

119. “What a gift for any teacher to see the students smile and live up to their potential. That’s the reward. That’s humbling to be a witness to something like that.”

120. “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.” Andy Rooney

121. “Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.” Author Unknown

122. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”Voltaire

123. “The great teacher is not the man who supplies the most facts, but the one in whose presence we become different people.”

124. A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind and touches a heart.

125. “Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.”

126. The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.

127. The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination. Dr. Maria Montessori

128. Teachers are endless Fragrance, which lasts forever in mind of students as Knowledge. Samar Sudha

129. “Not all superheroes have capes, some have Teaching Degrees.” Author Unknown

130. A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must hold his audience’s attention then he can teach his lesson. John Henrik Clarke

131. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward.

132. “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.” Plato

133. “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

134. “My teacher thought I was smarter than I was – so I was.” Six Year Old

135. Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.”Chinese proverb

136. “Because my teacher believed in me, I never gave up. Now I am flying towards my dreams.” Heidi McDonald

137. A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. Horace Mann

138. Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world. Nelson Mandela

139. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

140. A teacher plants the seeds of knowledge, sprinkles them with love and patiently nurtures their growth to produce tomorrow’s dreams.

141. Not all superheroes have capes, some have Teaching Degrees. Author Unknown

142. “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

143. “A good teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.” Thomas Carruthers

144. 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. Nikos Kazantzakis

145. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

146. The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra Trenfor

147. The students who challenge their teachers the most, need their teachers the most. Heidi McDonald

148. “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” Robert M. Hutchins

149. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. Gail Godwin

150. “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.”

151. Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our nation for tomorrow. Solomon Ortiz

152. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.”

153. Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Rita Pierson

154. “Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.” Josef Albers

155. Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story

156. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward

157. A good teacher is like a candle. It consumes itself to light the way for others.

158. “Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.”

159. “Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

160. “It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.”

161. A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes

162. “I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.” Chinese Proverb

163. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats

164. “A truly special teacher is very wise, and sees tomorrow in every child’s eyes.” Author Unknown

165. “Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.”

166. I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. John Steinbeck

167. “One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.”

168. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” Bob Talbert

169. Teachers play such an enormous role in forming, not just teaching them, but forming character in our kids. We really have to thank them for what they do. They are really the core that makes our society work. Jeanine Pirro

170. It shouldn’t matter how slowly a child learns as long as we are encouraging them not to stop. Robert John Meehan

171. Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system. Sidney Hook

172. “Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

173. “The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’”

174. “I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”

175. “The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate ‘apparently ordinary’ people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.” K. Patricia Cross

176. The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom well into the future. F. Sionil Jose

177. “To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.” Maria Montessori

178. “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” Khalil Gibran

179. Every child is gifted. They just unwrap their packages at different times.

180. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. Unknown

181. I’ve seen and met angels wearing the disguise, of ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Tracy Chapman

182. I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education. Xenophon

183. If you have to put someone on a pedestal put teachers. They are society’s heroes. Guy Kawasaki

184. “The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.'” Maria Montessori

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

186. A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. Patricia Neal

187. “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” Tom Brokaw

188. “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.”

189. When we strive to become better teachers than we are, everyone in our classroom becomes better too. Robert John Meehan

190. “Genius without education is like silver in the mine.” Benjamin Franklin

191. Teachers shouldn’t make the mistake of always thinking they’re the smartest person in the room. Taylor Mali

192. “The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth.'” Dan Rather

193. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

194. Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. Colleen Wilcox

195. “I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” John Steinbeck

196. It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.

197. “If teaching is to be effective with young children, it must assist them to advance on the way to independence. It must initiate them into those kinds of activities which they can perform themselves and which keep them from being a burden to others because of their inabilities. We must help them to learn how to walk without assistance, to run, to go up and down the stairs, to pick up fallen objects, to dress and undress, to wash themselves, to express their needs in a way that is clearly understood, and to attempt to satisfy their desires through their own efforts. All this is part of an education for independence.” Maria Montessori

198. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. Temple Grandin

199. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” Cynthia Ozick

200. “If we could say, ‘We are respectful and courteous in our dealing with children, we treat them as we should like to be treated ourselves,’ we should have mastered a great educational principle and be setting an example of good education. ” Maria Montessori