As most of you know, I love quotations. That's why this
Inspirational Quote Book for Teachers is so special to me.
It's also made special by the two people who compiled these quotes
for teachers—John and Linda Podojil.
In elementary school, John was hard of hearing and failed the
first grade because only he knew he could not hear. He read
people’s lips to try and learn, but could not when they turned away
from him. John was diagnosed with an 80 percent hearing loss and
underwent an operation to restore his hearing. He was also a high
school drop-out and it took special teachers to ignite his love of
learning…so much so that he not only received a GED and an
associate's degree.
John went on to teach technical education at the University of
California San Diego, California State University Dominguez Hills
and the College of Southern Nevada. He has presented at both
Cornell University and Stanford, educated over 3,000 technical
education instructors on safety in technical skills classrooms and
is an advocate for technical education.
John says his greatest teacher of all times is his wife,
Linda.
Linda also was a teacher. Before retiring from the Boeing
Company as full-time safety administrator at Boeing Portland and
also in Seattle, Linda was a part-time safety instructor for South
Seattle Community College, where she taught occupational safety and
health related subjects. John and Linda know that teachers who
believe they can make a difference do
make a difference.
Here's a small sampling of the 130 great quotes including in this
book.
I touch the future. I teach.
--Christa McAuliffe
The greatest gift that you can give to another is knowledge,
for knowledge is power—power to build and to dream. What you can
envision in your mind you can achieve.
-- Jack Podojil
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in
students.
--Charles Kuralt
Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who
remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them
for the rest of their lives.
--Andy Rooney
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is
invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
--Jacques Barzun
A child miseducated is a child lost.
-- John F. Kennedy
If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice;
If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees;
If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.
--Confucius
Good teachers are costly. Bad teachers cost more.
--Bob Talbert
I'm not a teacher, but an awakener.
--Robert Frost
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
--Anatole France
I hope that you enjoy Inspirational Quotes for Teachers
and that in a small way it helps to recognize those special
teachers who are changing the world, one generation at a time.
