Educator Quotes

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
― Helen Keller

“Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Education is the key for self liberation.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“As a sculptor sculpts a statue, an educator educates our future generation. Beauty depends on the creator.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Be an educator, bloom like a flower, be a philosopher.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Rules and consequences are not the best tools for classroom management. Giving students goals and rewards is more effective. It’s about putting systems in place that actively incentivize good behavior and passively decentivize bad behavior. In this way, as a teacher you can spend less time on managing behaviors and more time on educating and leading.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“You can be an expert any field of study with consistent effort and consistent learning.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The business of education is the most influential business in existence. Teachers collectively influence the minds of everyone to ever live. There's no one working in any company in any role that hasn't been influenced by several teachers on their journey; teachers whose lessons equipped them to succeed in some way.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“It is ok to be a teacher but it is great to be an educator.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Adversity is a better educator than the best teacher.”
― Debasish Mridha

“The universal mission of all educators is to let the torch of knowledge illuminate the world.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average business letter from a poem. If you choose your subject selectively—intuitively—the camera can write poetry.”
― Harry Callahan

“There is no higher priority for those who chose a university career than acting in the students’ best interest. That’s because students are the core of the university.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“How do children learn? Why are we allowing regulators to regulate the fun out of learning?”
― Jill Telford

“Experience is the best educator.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The particular combination of the explicit communication of high standards and the demonstrated assurance of the teacher's belief in the student's ability to succeed (as evidenced by the effort to provide detailed, constructive feedback) was a powerful intervention for Black students...it was an exceedingly effective way to generate the trust needed to motivate Black students to make their best effort.”
― Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

“We can shift a student's focus from the anxiety of proving ability in the face of negative stereotypes to the confidence of improving with effort despite the negative stereotypes. Embracing a theory of intelligence as something that can develop—that can be expanded through effective effort—is something all of us can do to reduce the impact of stereotype threat and increase achievement in all of our students.”
― Beverly Daniel Tatum, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

“If you want quiet in the class, join a monastery of bald-headed corpses. Students don't learn by keeping quiet, they learn by actively engaging in the conversation. So, don't try to control your students. If you are teaching right, you'll be in control.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism

“,Heather Oesterreich is a noted educator who has been widely published in top tier journals and given presentations and keynote addresses throughout the United States. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Latinos in Education and Physical Education and Pedagogy. Away from work, Heather Oesterreich enjoys hiking, kayaking, and visiting state and national parks throughout the United States with friends and family.”
― Heather Oesterreich

“You can take a little bit of the East and a little bit of the West, and create a formulaic soup in life that works best for you: no one else has to drink it if they don’t like”
― Selin Senol-Akin, Set Free Your Flow: A Centered View

“The first lesson in the college/university every teacher, professor, master, or educator must teach to his/her students is that "It is okay to fail" than to succeed without failure because failure brings lessons, introspection, thinking, grit, and understanding. It is okay to fail in the classroom than in one's life, it is okay to succeed on a second or third attempt, and it is our responsibility to become an honest mirror to our students so they can face and master themselves rather than hide themselves. Our job is to create genuine, sincere, and honest human beings in this world. Silence has silenced so many bright souls in the darkness let's speak of the light!”
― Aiyaz Uddin

“I lead and the internet follows.”
― Steven Magee

“A nation where private schools produce more leaders than public schools has failed in education.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”
― Michael Thomas Cibenko

“He kissed me and now I am someone else.”
― Gabriela Mistral

“I have a passion for education and I believe God is drawing Christian educators to Himself, reminding us that we are deeply loved and strategically placed,” Minor says. “I want readers to realize they don't have to compartmentalize their faith. We have an opportunity to shine the light of Jesus where it is so desperately needed — our schools. Educators need equipped, empowered and encouraged. This is why wrote the book.”
― Jacqueline Minor, Taking Jesus to School: The Fruit of the Spirit on Display

“I taught Language Arts in public schools from fourth through eighth grade, and I believe reading is the most valuable skill a person can develop. I've been a lifelong reader since an early age, exploring every genre there is. The most important thing is finding something that touches one's heart and soul. Books and the stories they tell can change a person's life.

There are so many lessons within stories—lessons that children may not always see modeled at home or in everyday life.

After reading April Jenkins' children's book Kirby of the Serengeti: A Lidog's Tail, I was an immediate fan. This story has everything needed to make it a classic. It carries love and compassion for everyone. Every character is included, no matter what they look like or believe.

I would love to see this story read and shared everywhere young children are being taught. I can't wait for the next story in A Lidog's Tail to be released—I’ll be first in line!

*Michael Jenkins, Educator, Lifelong Reader, and Proud Father of the Author”
― Michael Jenkins