Vietnamese Teacher’s Day on November 20th is a day for all of us to express our gratitude, respect, and appreciation to the teachers who have guided us through life’s journeys, helping us grow and mature into who we are today.
In addition to offering fresh flowers and meaningful gifts, heartfelt wishes and quotes can also make this special day even more memorable. Join us in preserving the following collection of thoughtful sayings and quotes about teachers.
1 Thoughtful Sayings About Teachers
1. Teaching is the noblest of all noble professions.
2. One good book is not enough without a good teacher. – Chinese Proverb
3. Respect your teacher, and you will be respected by your students. – Chinese Proverb
4. A teacher is like refined sugar, and students are like raw sugar. – Persian Proverb
5. Even a single letter or half a letter is worth learning from your teacher. – Vietnamese Proverb
6. If you want to cross the river, you need a bridge; if you want your child to excel, you need to honor their teacher. – Vietnamese Proverb
7. Leading by example teaches people; mere words will not move them. – Fifth Argument
8. To build a nation, we must first educate its people. To govern wisely, we must value talent. – Royal Decree on Education
9. A true teacher holds your hand, opens your mind, and touches your heart.
10. An exceptional teacher sees the future in the eyes of their students and imparts knowledge with great understanding.
11. The best teachers teach from the heart, not just from books.
12. What teachers write on the board of life can never be erased.
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Thoughtful Sayings About Teachers
13. The best teachers teach from the heart, not just from books.
14. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
15. Teachers are inspirers. They understand that teaching is like gardening; you can’t harvest flowers without getting pricked by the thorns.
16. A good teacher listens to their students.
17. A good teacher always teaches from the heart, not from textbooks.
18. Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. – Chinese Proverb
19. Teachers are the ones who hold our hands, open our minds, and touch our hearts.
20. Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions.
21. Learning is the seed of knowledge, and knowledge is the seed of happiness. – Georgian Proverb
22. A peacock’s feathers are its pride, and knowledge is a person’s pride. – Russian Proverb
23. The goal of education is to foster independent thinking in children, so they can soar without their teachers by their side. Happy Teacher’s Day!
24. The best teachers impart knowledge not from books but from their hearts.
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A good teacher listens to their students.
2 Meaningful Quotes About Teachers
23. There is no profession more noble than teaching under the sun. – Comenius
24. A teacher’s character is a powerful force that influences students, and no textbook or moral story can replace it. – Usinsky
25. It is not enough for a teacher to love children. They must also understand and appreciate all things, and they must constantly strive to do so. – Maria Montessori
26. An engineer takes joy in seeing the bridge they built, a farmer smiles at their growing crops, but a teacher finds happiness in witnessing their students’ growth and success. – Golobolin
27. A teacher’s exemplary behavior is the most favorable sunshine for the development of a young soul, and nothing can replace it. – Usinsky
28. The purpose of education is not to teach how to make a living, nor is it to provide a path to wealth. Instead, it should guide people’s souls toward truth and goodness. – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
29. An average teacher tells.
A good teacher explains.
A superior teacher demonstrates.
A great teacher inspires. – William A. Ward
30. To teach is to learn twice. – G. Guibe
31. A teacher who fails to inspire their students to want to learn is like striking an anvil without sparks. – Horace Mann
32. A father is a child’s first teacher. – T. Thore
33. We should respect our teachers, for while our parents give us life, our teachers show us how to live it right. – Philoxene de Cythere
34. A true teacher does not fill a pail but instead ignites a fire. – William Butler Yeats
35. You cannot grow a plant in the dark, nor can you cultivate a child without warmth and enthusiasm. – Carl Jung
36. We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. – Galileo
37. Education is like the sun that shines on the lowly grass hut as well as the majestic palace. – Pestalozi
38. “A teacher needs knowledge, pedagogical understanding of social laws, the ability to use words to influence students’ souls, and the skill to observe and feel the subtlest vibrations in a student’s soul.” – Sukhomlinsky
39. I am not a teacher… and the paths to the hearts of children will be closed to me if I only stand before them as a teacher. – V.A. Sukhomlinsky
40. An average teacher explains difficulties, but a gifted one simplifies them. – Robert Brault
41. I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. – Lily Tomlin
42. The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate the average to excellence and the gifted to genius. The task of the great teacher is to make mediocrity shine and starlight shine. – K. Patricia Cross
43. A teacher who tries to teach but does not inspire the student with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. – Horace Mann
44. Teaching is leaving a vestige of oneself in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures. – Eugene P. Bertin
45. One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. – Thomas Paine
46. I owe my parents for raising me, but I owe my teacher for shaping me. – Alexander the Great
47. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others. – Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Meaningful Quotes About Teachers
48. A true teacher does not fill a pail but instead opens the student’s mind to the threshold of their own knowledge. – Khalil Gibran
49. The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate the average to excellence and the gifted to genius. The task of the great teacher is to make mediocrity shine and starlight shine. – K. Patricia Cross
50. Dreams begin with a teacher who believes in you, who pulls and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth”. – Dan Rather
51. Who is a teacher? It is not someone who teaches, but someone who inspires students to give their best in discovering what they didn’t know they had. – Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
52. An average teacher tells. A good teacher explains. A superior teacher demonstrates. A great teacher inspires. – William Arthur Ward
53. A teacher is someone who inspires, who makes you happy, and who teaches you many things you didn’t know. – Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
54. When you have a wonderful teacher, you learn so much more than just the subject; you learn things about life that will stay with you forever. – William Glasser
55. You cannot grow a plant in the dark, nor can you cultivate a child without warmth and enthusiasm. – Carl Jung
56. Let’s recognize the talented teachers and express our gratitude for those who have touched our hearts. While the curriculum may be packed with knowledge, it is the teacher’s kindness that nurtures young souls. – Carl Jung
57. In teaching, you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. – Jacques Barzun
58. When we remember our school days, we remember our teachers, not the techniques or methods they used. Teachers are the heart of the educational system. – Sidney Hook
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59. A great teacher is also a great artist, and there are few of them. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. – John Steinbeck
60. Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about them. It’s not necessarily their parent; it could be an aunt or uncle, a grandparent, a neighbor, or a teacher. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin III
61. Those who educate children are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. – Aristotle
62. When we depart this earth, only five or six people will remember us. Teachers, on the other hand, have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives. – Andy Rooney
63. A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others. – Carl Jung
64. Teaching is the art of assisting discovery. – Mark van Doren
65. An average teacher explains complexity; a gifted teacher reveals simplicity. – Robert Brault
66. Teaching is learning again. – Joseph Joubert
67. Teaching is not filling a pail but lighting a fire. – William Butler Yeats
68. A teacher’s influence is everlasting; we can never tell where it ends. – Henry Brooks Adams
69. Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. – Malala Yousafzai
70. Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. – Bill Gates
71. 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
72. I believe a good teacher is also an artist, and there are not that many of them. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. – John Steinbeck
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. – Malala Yousafzai
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The above collection of quotes and sayings about teachers is our way of honoring these dedicated educators. We hope you found the perfect words to express your gratitude and appreciation to your beloved teachers. We wish all teachers good health and continued success in their noble profession of shaping young minds!
