Teacher Retirement Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old teacher retirement quotes, teacher retirement sayings, and teacher retirement proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they ever expected to. Taylor Mali
Teachers are called upon to fulfill the role of parents because they are the next most visible caregivers in a child's life. Taylor Mali
There us one thing that teachers can sometimes do that parents cannot: see a child's potential objectively, untainted by family history and parental expectations. Taylor Mali
Teachers can and should play a prominent role in curriculum development--not because their participation makes the process more efficient (it doesn't). Grant P. Wiggins
Teaching is a wonderful adventure. Great administrators want their teachers and students to achieve excellence. Gini Cunningham
Students learn from great teachers, and great teachers continue to learn every day from their students, from research, from colleagues, from experience, and from the drive to reach and teach all the children with who they work. Gini Cunningham
Great teachers really do make a difference. No other profession can compete with the magic of teaching! Gini Cunningham
Every day is a day of learning for students and teachers alike. Gini Cunningham
Being a teacher is far more than a job, a duty, or a paycheck. It is a calling. Gini Cunningham
What marks teacher out as good, or better than good, is not only their content knowledge and pedagogical skills. It is their commitment to their teaching, their students and their learning and achievement. Day
Teaching is no longer, if it ever was, an activity which takes place behind closed doors. Day
Teachers who learn to balance their inner and outer lives are able to better regulate their emotional reactivity and reduce emotional exhaustion and burnout. Mike Anderson
Aware and responsive teachers can manage their classrooms well because they are proactive rather than reactive. Mike Anderson
There's no doubt that teaching is a tough profession, and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier. Teachers manage an incredible array of roles and responsibilities. Mike Anderson
Passionate and visionary teachers pour their hearts and souls into their students and their schools, but they don't become overwhelmed with work and stress. Mike Anderson
The responsibilities of the teacher have dramatically shifted over the past decade to include preparing students for a complex, interconnected world. Ariel Tichnor-Wagner
Teachers have a powerful, long-lasting influence on their students. James H. Stronge
Happy teacher will change the world. Thich Nhat Hanh
If our students learn mindfulness too, and everyone shares the same practices and manages their own behavior mindfully, our task is easier; but even without such conditions, mindfulness helps the teacher stay solid. Thich Nhat Hanh
Teachers work is challenging, constantly changing environments where they often feel overwhelmed and unappreciated by those they serve. Robin Brian Cox
Teachers are valuable and their individual and collective contributions to lives of students, families, and colleagues are significant. Robin Brian Cox
And for all the things you taught me, only time will tell, / If I'll be able to survive, oh yeah / Teacher, teacher, can you teach me? / Can you tell me all I need to know? Bryan Adams
I had a good teacher / Half devil, half preacher / He made me a believer / I had a good teacher, teacher / Oh Yeah! Blair Daly
Teacher, teacher, tell me how you do it / it looks kinda easy like there was nothing to it / but they don't understand that the master will be Eric T. Sadler
A teacher came into the city / And Galilee was eager to hear / What the teacher said turned the peoples heads / And set the city right on it's ear Lew Dewitt
The student who thought he knew more than the teacher is the worker who butts heads with the chef. Leslie Bilderback
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams
Any of us who have benefited from learning have benefited from teachers. Noah Benshea
Teaching is love twined with labor, and teachers themselves need inspiration. Noah Benshea