Inspirational Classroom Quotes for Motivated Students and Teachers

Quotes for Students

On the Importance of Hard Work

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” - Theodore Roosevelt

On the Power of Perseverance

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” - Confucius

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” - Henry Ford

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Nelson Mandela

On the Importance of Education

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi

On the Role of Teachers

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” - William Arthur Ward

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry Brooks Adams

“The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.” - Unknown

Quotes for Teachers

“Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.” - Unknown

“A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.” - Ever Garrison

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” - Mark Van Doren

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - William Butler Yeats

“The best way to learn is to teach.” - Lao Tzu

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” - Nelson Mandela