This past Saturday, people around the world celebrated some of the most impactful professions on a child’s life. You can probably guess who has had a great influence on your learning and development – it’s your teacher!
World Teachers Day is held every year on October 5, to celebrate all teachers around the globe. Observed since 1994, it is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education, but also to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their talent and vocation, and to rethink the way ahead for the profession globally.
Themed “Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education”, the 2024 celebrations highlight the urgency of calling for and attending to teachers’ voices to address their challenges. But most importantly, benefiting from the expert knowledge and input that they bring to education.
The following are some beautiful quotes that show the importance of teachers and the education they provide:
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” ––Malala Yousafzai
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ––Nelson Mandela
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ––William Butler Yeats
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ––Mahatma Gandhi
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ––Albert Einstein
“Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach.” ––Aristotle
“A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything!” ––Unknown
“Teachers are those who help find strengths, wipe away tears, overpower demons and conquer fears.” ––Unknown
“Teachers, who love teaching, teach children to love learning.” ––Unknown
“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” ––Colleen Wilcox
“Invest in our teachers, and our children will succeed.” ––Barack Obama
“If you look behind every exceptional person, there is an exceptional teacher.” ––Stephen Hawking
“The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.” ––Unknown
“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.” ––Scott Hayden
“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” ––Guy Kawasaki
“It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.” ––Michael Morpurgo
“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instil a love of learning.” ––Brad Henry
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ––Henry B. Adams
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” ––Mark Van Doren
