Quotes on Teacher's Day

Teacher's day in India is celebrated on 5th September every year to express gratitude towards the teachers. Teachers in India have always been given a place even over God as they do not only teach but invest their time in developing humans with ethics. 5th September is an important day for Indian academics. The great academic philosopher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd President of the country, was born on this day. To honor him and all the teachers of the nation, this day was declared as the National Teacher's Day.

This day is dedicated to teachers and celebrated with immense enthusiasm, love and respect for the loving teachers. Every place or school has its own way of celebrating it. One common thing for all the schools is the noble cause for which it is celebrated. Teachers play the very important role in creating nation and responsible citizens.

Some of the great quotes are devoted to the teachers and their day by eminent people. Let's read here few heart-touching teacher's day quotes:-

• Teachers are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.
• Teacher is a person who always helps everybody to get knowledge and always stands beside the students when they have problems.
• A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.
• It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
• What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
• Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
• The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
• A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.
• Teachers are like trees, providing students their shadows to achieve heights.
• The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.
  
  The great teacher inspires.
• It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
• One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
• A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

A teacher is a person who has lot to offer to all the people around but expects to get a little in return. Their sole purpose is to have an educated and moral society. It is said that if a child is under guidance of a great teacher for seven years, his mind can't be perverted by any person or devil. A teacher's value is very well known in the Indian society. Therefore, students participate in the activities of teacher's day cheerfully and take pleasure by respecting their teachers.