Words to Thank a Teacher

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" - William Arthur Ward.

That's so true. Just one second of the twenty-four hours of the day, is all that is needed to express gratitude. We seldom bother to use this beautiful word to those who make a difference to our life and to those we owe a 'thank you'. The fifth day of September, the birthday of the famous Indian, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, is popularly celebrated as the Teachers' Day, a day to thank our teachers!

Teachers play a key role in our life and have a major share in shaping it. It is a teacher who, with a chalk and board, teaches us the lessons of life. In the small world of our school, our teachers give us a glimpse of the universe on the small school playground. They instill in our minds - the skills of a sports champion in the smallest of the classrooms, they inculcate in the us the virtues of life. Words are never enough to thank these role models of our life, our teachers. Let us make an attempt to find some words to express our gratitude towards our teachers. Let us try to find some words to thank our teachers, some ways to appreciate their contribution to our life.

Words to Thank a Teacher
I am glad to be your student, a million thanks to you,
As you gave me the strength, to make my dreams come true!

For the world you are one person, but for one person, you are the world!
And that person is me. Thank you teacher.

Thanks for the challenges, you have made me face,
For they gave me the courage to be leading every race.

"For your thoughtfulness and generosity, from you I have learned much of life's philosophy. Thank you sincerely." - Unknown

Teacher Appreciation Quotes

In the words of Albert Pike, "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." His words apply well to the teachers, whose work lives long after they leave this world. Their values continue to live through their students.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken
Joy in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. - Aristotle

Teachers are like the candles, which consume themselves to brighten the lives of others.

We can borrow the words of Carl Jung to express our gratefulness towards our teachers. His words make the right expression that explains the greatness of a teacher's role in one's life. Carl Jung says:

"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."

The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. - K. Patricia Cross. Appreciate your teachers in these words and add a footer that says, "And you have done exactly that!"

The fact remains that we can never thank a teacher enough. The recognition and appreciation the teachers deserve is beyond meager words. John. F. Kennedy has rightly said, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."