A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.
— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Famous Thank You Teacher quotations
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.
Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.
I'd like to submit to Bad Science my teacher who gave us a handout which says that 'Water is best absorbed by the body when provided in frequent small amounts.' What I want to know is this. If I drink too much in one go, will it leak out off my arsehole instead? Thank you. Anton.
If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?

Thank you for answering the call to be teachers.
Thank you for the enduring impression you've made in the lives you have touched.
Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.
There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.

Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let a bard place here and there in the bed destroy your rest. Seek, as a plain duty, to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.
None of us grew up feeling like winners.
So thank you to the bullies, to the popular kids, to the gym teachers who taunted us, who rejected us and who made fun of the way we ran. Without you we never would have gone into comedy.
Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to;
convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.

My grandmother taught me two very important lessons before she passed: hold the door for everyone and always say "thank you." That means to treat everyone the same, no matter if it is the President or a homeless mother begging for food. And never forget to thank those who have helped you, whether it is the person serving you food at a restaurant or your third-grade teacher who taught you the multiplication tables.
As a kid, I succumbed to peer pressure;
I created an image of myself that was not true. But that belief system ended with the death of a close friend. It was then that I reached out for help from my father. It wasn't the teachings of The Four Agreements exactly, it was just my father's teachings in general. And because of this, I am grateful to continue my family's legacy. In this way, I say "thank you" to my family and teachers before me.
I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.

Thanks, sir; all the rest is mute.
After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.
Claire was struggling through last summer’s diary volume when Myrnin popped in through the portal, wearing a big floppy black hat and a kind of crazy/stylish pimp coat that covered him from neck to ankles, black leather gloves, and a black and silver walking stick with a dragon’s head on it. And, on his lapel was a button that said, If you can read this, thank a teacher.

Hug and kiss whoever helped get you - financially, mentally, morally, emotionally - to this day. Parents, mentors, friends, teachers. If you're too uptight to do that, at least do the old handshake thing, but I recommend a hug and a kiss. Don't let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets this far alone.