Once upon a time Sammy and his sister Marie visited their grandparents at their farm. Sammy picked up a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for the lunch. As he was walking back he saw Grandma’s pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly which hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the pile of woods. Marie had seen it all from the window but she said nothing. After the lunch, the next day Grandma said, “Marie, let’s wash the dishes.” Marie said, “But Grandma, Sammy told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.”
Then she whispered to Sammy, “Remember the duck?” Sammy got nervous knowing his sister knew about the duck and if he doesn’t obey, she may tell his grandparents about it. So without saying anything he did the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing but Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Marie to help make a supper.” Marie just smiled and said, “Well that’s all right because Sammy told me he wanted to help.”
She whispered again to Johnny, “Remember the duck?” So Marie went fishing and Sammy stayed to help. After several days of Marie taking advantage of Sammy, he finally couldn’t stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.
Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, “Sweetheart, I know. I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Marie take advantage of you.”
16 Famous Quotes About The Importance Of Teachers
Even though World Teacher’s Day is celebrated on October 5 every year since 1994, countries like Mexico and Colombia celebrate it on May 15. The day is an opportunity to promote and recognize the importance of educators in the future of every generation and to show appreciation and highlight the many contributions of the teaching profession. Each year, schools in Mexico are supposed to stop normal activities and organize cultural events, but this year the date landed on a Sunday. The first Teacher's Day in Mexico was celebrated on May 15, 1918, after being approved by the country's congress. However, in Colombia, the date was set for more religious reasons. The day marks the appointment of San Juan Bautista de la Salle as the patron of teachers.
Many famous writers, researchers, artists, etc. have stated that we all have at least one teacher who changes our lives. Here are a few famous quotes to celebrate these inspiring mentors on their day:
“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.” ? Joyce Meyer.
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ? William Arthur Ward.
“Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” ? Charles Kuralt.
“When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” ? William Glasser.
“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” ? Solomon Ortiz.
“The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.” ? Ally Carter.
“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” ? Karl A. Menninger.
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ? Henry Adams.
“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.” ? J.D. Salinger.
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ? Albert Einstein?.
“A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.” ? Ruth Beechick.
“Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.” ? Ken Blanchard.
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” ? Mark Van Doren.
“True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.” ? Allan Lokos.
“Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” ? Helen Caldicott
“The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.” ? Robert Brault.
Many famous writers, researchers, artists, etc. have stated that we all have at least one teacher who changes our lives. Here are a few famous quotes to celebrate these inspiring mentors on their day:
“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.” ? Joyce Meyer.
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ? William Arthur Ward.
“Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” ? Charles Kuralt.
“When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” ? William Glasser.
“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” ? Solomon Ortiz.
“The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.” ? Ally Carter.
“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” ? Karl A. Menninger.
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ? Henry Adams.
“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.” ? J.D. Salinger.
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ? Albert Einstein?.
“A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.” ? Ruth Beechick.
“Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.” ? Ken Blanchard.
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” ? Mark Van Doren.
“True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.” ? Allan Lokos.
“Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” ? Helen Caldicott
“The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.” ? Robert Brault.
Quotes About Teaching
The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
? T.H. White, The Once and Future King
? T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Teacher Appreciation Quotes
Along with words to thank a teacher, you might want to include a quote in your letter or speech. After the quote, you could say something like, “You did just that.” or “You are like that.”
Here is a list of some good ones for you to consider:
- It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein
- A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. - Henry Brooks Adams
- A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils. - Ever Garrison
- 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
- The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward
- What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. - Albert Pike
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. - Aristotle
- Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. - Maria Callas
- Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. - Author Unknown
- Teachers are like the candles, which consume themselves to brighten the lives of others. - Author Unknown
- I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. - Author Unknown
Quotes About Teachers
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Dương Mạnh Hùng
“The Voice
There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long,
"I feel this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong."
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What's right for you--just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.”
― Shel Silverstein
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
― Aristotle
“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”
― Socrates
“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.”
― Robert Frost
“Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.”
― Heather Brewer (aka Zac Brewer), Eighth Grade Bites
“People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
Quotes About Teacher - P2
“You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude is:
"Tell me more. Tell me all you can. I want to understand more about everything you feel and know and all the changes inside and out of you. Let more come out."
And if you have no such friend,--and you want to write,--well, then you must imagine one. ”
― Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
“To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.”
― Henri-Frédéric Amiel
“A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living
“Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…”
He glanced over at her, and she felt her whole body warm from it. She remembered that look. It made her feel naked inside and out, but not in a creepy kind of way. In a way that felt…. Free. “If what you say is true, and I guess it has to be, I think I know why we’re … together,” he said. “I think I’d fall for you no matter what, Claire. You’re kind of awesome.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
“As in everything, nature is the best instructor.”
― Adolf Hitler
“Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire," she said. "Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit."
"You don't mean that."
"Come on. I still like you, you know, even if you... crave plasma."
Michael blinked and looked at her as if he had never seen her before.
"You what?"
"Like. You." Eve enunciated slowly, as if Michael might not know the words. "Idiot. I always have. What, you didn't know?" Eve sounded cool and grown-up about it, but Claire saw the hectic color in her cheeks, under the makeup.
"How clueless are you? Does it come with the fangs?"
"I guess I... I just thought... Hell. I just didn't think... You're kind of intimidating, you know."
"I'm intimidating? Me? I run like a rabbit from trouble, mostly," Eve said.
"It's all show and makeup. You're the one who's intimidating. I mean, come on. All that talent, and you look... Well, you know how you look."
" How do I look?" He sounded fascinated now, and he'd actually moved a little closer to Eve on the couch.
She laughed. "Oh come on. You're a total model-babe."
"You're kidding."
"You don't think you are?"
He shook his head.
"Then you're kind of an idiot, Glass. Smart, but and idiot." Eve crossed her arms.
“So? What exactly do you think about me, except that I’m intimidating?”
“I think you’re…you’re…ah, interesting?” Michael was amazingly bad at this, Claire thought, but then he saved it by looking away and continuing. “I think you’re beautiful. And really, really strange.”
Eve smiled and looked down, and that looked like a real blush, under the rice powder. “Thanks for that, “ she said, “I never thought you knew I existed, or if you did, that you thought I was anything but Shane’s bratty freak friend.”
“Well, to be fair, you are Shane’s bratty freak friend.”
“Hey!”
“You can be bratty and beautiful,” Michael said. “I think it’s interesting.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
“How'd you get to be so good at this?"
"I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass."
"I mean you, dummy."
"Oh.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
“A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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Rachel Caine
“Claire said. “I might be able to get him to stop.”
“Who, crazy dude? Maybe. Or he might pull your head off,” Shane said. “I kind of worry.”
She couldn’t help but smile. “Yeah?”
“A little bit.”
“That’s …nice.”
He studied her, and returned the smile. “Yeah,” he said. “Kind of is, actually.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude is:
"Tell me more. Tell me all you can. I want to understand more about everything you feel and know and all the changes inside and out of you. Let more come out."
And if you have no such friend,--and you want to write,--well, then you must imagine one. ”
― Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
“To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.”
― Henri-Frédéric Amiel
“A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living
“Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…”
He glanced over at her, and she felt her whole body warm from it. She remembered that look. It made her feel naked inside and out, but not in a creepy kind of way. In a way that felt…. Free. “If what you say is true, and I guess it has to be, I think I know why we’re … together,” he said. “I think I’d fall for you no matter what, Claire. You’re kind of awesome.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
“As in everything, nature is the best instructor.”
― Adolf Hitler
“Yeah, I get it; you're a vampire," she said. "Creepy. And okay, a little hot, I admit."
"You don't mean that."
"Come on. I still like you, you know, even if you... crave plasma."
Michael blinked and looked at her as if he had never seen her before.
"You what?"
"Like. You." Eve enunciated slowly, as if Michael might not know the words. "Idiot. I always have. What, you didn't know?" Eve sounded cool and grown-up about it, but Claire saw the hectic color in her cheeks, under the makeup.
"How clueless are you? Does it come with the fangs?"
"I guess I... I just thought... Hell. I just didn't think... You're kind of intimidating, you know."
"I'm intimidating? Me? I run like a rabbit from trouble, mostly," Eve said.
"It's all show and makeup. You're the one who's intimidating. I mean, come on. All that talent, and you look... Well, you know how you look."
" How do I look?" He sounded fascinated now, and he'd actually moved a little closer to Eve on the couch.
She laughed. "Oh come on. You're a total model-babe."
"You're kidding."
"You don't think you are?"
He shook his head.
"Then you're kind of an idiot, Glass. Smart, but and idiot." Eve crossed her arms.
“So? What exactly do you think about me, except that I’m intimidating?”
“I think you’re…you’re…ah, interesting?” Michael was amazingly bad at this, Claire thought, but then he saved it by looking away and continuing. “I think you’re beautiful. And really, really strange.”
Eve smiled and looked down, and that looked like a real blush, under the rice powder. “Thanks for that, “ she said, “I never thought you knew I existed, or if you did, that you thought I was anything but Shane’s bratty freak friend.”
“Well, to be fair, you are Shane’s bratty freak friend.”
“Hey!”
“You can be bratty and beautiful,” Michael said. “I think it’s interesting.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
“How'd you get to be so good at this?"
"I had a good teacher."
"Better not have been Myrnin or I'll have to kick his predatory ass."
"I mean you, dummy."
"Oh.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
“A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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Rachel Caine
“Claire said. “I might be able to get him to stop.”
“Who, crazy dude? Maybe. Or he might pull your head off,” Shane said. “I kind of worry.”
She couldn’t help but smile. “Yeah?”
“A little bit.”
“That’s …nice.”
He studied her, and returned the smile. “Yeah,” he said. “Kind of is, actually.”
― Rachel Caine, Ghost Town
Quotes About Teacher - P1
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”
― Osho
“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for you.”
― Osho
“Experience is the best teacher.”
― Penelope Douglas, Bully
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}”
― Alexander the Great
― Benjamin Franklin
“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”
― Osho
“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed as a mind, there is no hope for you.”
― Osho
“Experience is the best teacher.”
― Penelope Douglas, Bully
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
{His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}”
― Alexander the Great
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