Encouragement Phrases for Teachers and Homeschooling Parents
encouragement phrases for teachers
and for parents of homeschooled children
Rachel Neil
We all need encouragements from time to time and I've listed many here for you and me!
A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops: Henry Adams.
Your successes may not show up in the classroom but don't despair because they'll show up when you least expect it!
When you wonder why you ever became a teacher, close your eyes and recapture the first moment that inspired you to teach.
Don't let your concern for tomorrow keep you from making an impact today.
It doesn't matter how big your budget is: it matters that you are a good steward of what you've been given.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently: Henry Ford
Take time to look at the winning team and find out what they do to win.
Be grateful for parents who involve themselves in their child's education; they can make your job so much easier.
Remember that when you are put in charge, you must take charge.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul: George M. Adams.
Rule with mercy and grace, and your reward will be great.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them: Mother Theresa.
If you miss the little things, you miss the vast majority of life.
If your child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate: Dorothy Nolte
Take the extra time to get to know your students and show you care.
It takes some children longer than others to rise to the occasion. Remember to give them time and not rush to fix a problem that may adjust itself.
By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. : Latin proverb.
Don't be afraid to become a student of your students.
The fire you light in your students for learning will affect them for a lifetime.
Good teachers pick their battles instead of picking on students.
Don't limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time. : Rabbinical saying.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. : Calvin Coolidge
If you give up, you give up on your students. They deserve your perseverance.
The way your travel through life is the most powerful legacy you can give your students.
Spice up your teaching. Bring a new excitement into your classroom.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. : Dolly Parton.
Make sure your choose your own path, and stick to it.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. : Benjamin Disraeli.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever waster. : Aesop.
Tell parents the positive first, it makes the negative more palatable later.
It takes 72 muscles to frown, but only 13 to smile.
If you're a seasoned teacher, take steps to make new teachers feel welcome.
Be gracious and understanding in dealing with parents, keeping in mind that they are entrusting you with their most treasured gifts.
A heart of compassion and belief can be the very thing that causes a student to make it.
Choose not to label your students by their behaviors. Help them evolve into something better than they thought they could be.
Remember not to get so wrapped up in life that you miss the beauty that is around you.
Quality schools are the result of quality teachers going above and beyond the call of duty.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. : Indira Ghandi.
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too. : Thomas Fuller.
Reach out and get to know your colleagues, you may discover a kindred spirit.
Labels belong on cans. They're not for people.
What comes from the heart, goes to the heart. : Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. : Eleanor Roosevelt.
Overlook intimidation. Stand tall in the position which you have rightly earned.
If you find yourself frustrated with others because they are failing to meet your expectations. Check your own standing first.
Rise to the occasion and dare to be different, Allow some individuality in your students. Only then will you discover their true potential.
Your undying commitment may well be met by undying gratitude.
It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state. : Benjamin Whichcote
If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking him if there's anything you can do. Think of something appropriate, and do it. : E.W.Howe
Imagination is more important than knowledge.: Albert Einstein
Is your classroom a safe place to dream?
Let them see your laugh, and you let them see your heart.
Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. : Pablo Picasso
Encourage the artistic soul discovered in your students.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being. : Johann Wolgang von Goethe
Give your students a chance, and they might well make you proud.
Nothing has a better effect upon children than praise. : Sir. P. Sidney
You know how well you do when you're complimented: don't forget to share the wealth with your students.
The rain falls on all the fields, but crops grow only in those that have been tilled and sown.: Chinese saying.
You know the commitment it takes to be a teacher. Respect the parents who make that commitment themselves.
Unless you try, you don't know what you can't do.: Henry James.
Some of the best discoveries are made when we simply try.
When you do what you love, you do it well, no matter the circumstances.
Be a supporter of the team, not an opponent.
People only see what they are prepared to see. : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Define your goals, then every once in a while as yourself: Am I on track?
Act enthusiastic and you become enthusiastic.: Dale Carnegie
Reinforce a positive attitude within your students.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars. : Les Brown
Remember how you benefit from simple acts of kindness, bestow those same gifts on your students.
If building yourself up is tearing others down, then it's time to rethink your priorities.
Make understanding your priority before trying to be understood.
Allow your opinions to be enriched by the insight of others.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure- try to please everybody. : Herbert Bayard Swope.
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. : Mark Twain.
Your smile could be just what your students need today.
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