Teacher Appreciation Week: Quotes To Honor And Thank The Educators

Teachers Appreciation Week is celebrated to recognize, honor, and thank the educators across the country as they continue to make a difference in the lives of the youth. It’s celebrated in the first week of May every year in the U.S. This year, it is observed from May 4 to 8. Teachers play a vital role in the development of children and help build the foundations that shape us as adults.

Despite the hard times that we’re in due to the coronavirus, teachers still continue to work and fulfill their duties. Students could make use of this opportunity to appreciate teachers for their hard work and dedication by thanking them.

Here are 10 quotes about teachers and their profession to acknowledge their contributions and sacrifices:

1. “When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.” – Richard Simmons
2. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
3. “Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” – Charles Kuralt
4. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams
5. “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C.S. Lewis
6. “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 Gustav Jung
7. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren
8. “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
9. “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
10. “Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam