20 Quotes for Teachers to Help Engage Their Students

Hidde van Bergen - 8 January 20202 min read

One of the biggest challenges for teachers is to engage their students. To spark this engagement, it is imporant to inspire students. To help you get started, we created a set of 20 inspring quotes related to learning for teachers and students to use.

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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have - Thomas Jefferson

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

Thomas Jefferson

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited - Plutarch

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited."

Plutarch

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one cna take it away from you - B.b. King

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one cna take it away from you."

B.B. King

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate desserts - C.S. Lewis

"The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate desserts."

C.S. Lewis

Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game - Babe Ruth

"Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game."

Babe Ruth

Nine-tenths of education is encouragement - Anatole France

"Nine-tenths of education is encouragement."

Anatole France

They may forget what you said, but they will not forget how you made them feel - Carl Buechner

"They may forget what you said, but they will not forget how you made them feel."

Carl Buechner

The more your read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go - Dr. Seuss

"The more your read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

Dr. Seuss

I think it’s possible to ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary - Elon Musk

"I think it's possible to ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

Elon Musk

Genius is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration - Thomas Edison

"Genius is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration."

Thomas Edison

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire - William Butler Yates

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

William Butler Yates

Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder - Mason Cooley

"Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder."

Mason Cooley

None of us is as smart as all of us - Ken Blanchard

"None of us is as smart as all of us."

Ken Blanchard

All students can learn and succeed, but not in the same way and not in the same day - William G. Spady

"All students can learn and succeed, but not in the same way and not in the same day."

William G. Spady

Don’t let what you can not do interfre with what you can do - John Wooden

"Don't let what you can not do interfre with what you can do."

John Wooden

The expert in anything was once the beginner - Hellen Hayes

"The expert in anything was once the beginner."

Hellen Hayes

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn - Benjamin Franklin

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Benjamin Franklin

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want tot get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes - John Maxwell

"There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want tot get things done and those who don't want to make mistakes."

John Maxwell

The best way to predict the future is to create it - Abraham Lincoln

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

Abraham Lincoln

Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow. - Albert Einstein

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow."

Albert Einstein

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