BECOMING A TEACHER

“I touch the future. I teach.”

— Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

“The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.”

— Dorothea Dix, American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress

“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.”

— Japanese Proverb

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”

— Robert Frost

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”

— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

“Education doesn’t just make us smarter. It makes us whole.”

— Jill Biden, American educator and former First Lady of the United States since 2021

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.”

— Helen Keller, American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”

— Malcolm X, American Muslim minister and human rights activist

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

— John Dewey, American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer