Post these quotes in your classroom and revisit them throughout the school year for motivation. These inspirational quotes emphasize the important role of educators.
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." — John Dewey
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"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people." — Chinese proverb
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." — Nelson Mandela
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"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free."
— Baruch Spinoza
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"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
— Albert Einstein
"Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand."
— Chinese proverb
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"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
— Chinese proverb
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"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation."
— John F. Kennedy
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"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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