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Good Teachers Quotes

On the teachers who point the way.

These quotes linger on a specific distinction: good teachers draw out what a student already has, while great teachers see further ahead. It's a theme drawn straight from how educators and their former students talk about the job.

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

Quotes by William Glasser

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

There will always be places in the world where good schools don't exist and good teachers don't want to go, not just in the developing world but in places of socioeconomic hardship.

Quotes by Sugata Mitra

As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be...

Quotes by Rachel Hurd-Wood

Amazing Quotes

I think good teachers are underpaid.

Quotes by Peter Brimelow

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

Quotes by Maria Callas

There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it's a flighty thing...

Quotes by Graham Coxon

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

Quotes by Eli Broad

My dedication to trying to be a poet started very, very young, and I was very well encouraged by good teachers and by older friends and so on, so I think it is a benediction, and I also think it...

Quotes by Derek Walcott

Art Quotes

While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time doing that - in part by paying them more money - I don't think there's any evidence for the idea that somehow tenure...

Quotes by David Boies

Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few...

Quotes by Danica McKellar

There are some good teachers out there, but the only one who is a genius at diagnosing my swing is my mom. She took up golf late, when she was 39, but in her younger days, she was an amazing...

Quotes by Boo Weekley

As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.

Quotes by Ben Bernanke

I started in the kitchen of a Holiday Inn in Birmingham. I wanted to be a sponge, wanted to learn and progress. I knew I didn't want to work in a hotel forever, but I had some good teachers there.

Quotes by April Bloomfield

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these good teachers quotes focus on?
Most draw a line between 'good' and 'great,' good teachers make the most of a student's existing ability, while the quotes suggest greatness means seeing where that student could eventually go.
Why do people look up good teachers quotes?
They're usually writing a tribute, a graduation speech, or a thank-you note, and want language that captures a teacher's influence more specifically than a generic compliment.
Do any of these quotes address why good teachers are hard to find?
Yes, one points out that good schools and good teachers are often missing from exactly the places that need them most, from developing regions to pockets of socioeconomic hardship closer to home.
Are these quotes only about classroom teachers?
No, several use 'teacher' loosely, the quotes compare teachers to artists who make the roads while readers of our Art Student quotes are the ones who eventually walk them.
What pairs well with a good teachers quote?
Because many of these quotes touch on creativity and craft, they sit naturally alongside Art quotes for anyone writing about mentorship in creative fields.

A few quotes go further, noting good teachers are often scarce exactly where they're needed most, in under-resourced schools and hard postings. Pair these with Amazing quotes for a fuller tribute.