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title: "8 Children Teachers Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Children Teachers quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Children Teachers sayings and thoughts."
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> [We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-williams/we-have-run-out-of-creativity-for-children-and-teachers-alike-in-the/)

[Shirley Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/shirley-williams-30751_children_we-have-run-out-of-creativity-for-childr_67066.jpg)

> [I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beverly-cleary/i-think-the-best-teachers-had-a-real-interest-in-the-subject-they/)

[Beverly Cleary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beverly-cleary/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/beverly-cleary-5332_about_i-think-the-best-teachers-had-a-real-int_482569.jpg)

> [Teachers spend most of their daytime hours with children. Teachers at every level, coaches, counselors, cafeteria workers and yes, custodians, spend their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-straight/teachers-spend-most-of-their-daytime-hours-with-children-teachers-at/)

[Susan Straight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-straight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/susan-straight-19680_always_teachers-spend-most-of-their-daytime-hou_584857.jpg)

> [Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/some-teachers-just-have-a-knack-for-working-with-autistic-children/)

[Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/temple-grandin-1219_autistic_some-teachers-just-have-a-knack-for-work_1456130.png)

> [We need to make sure teachers are in schools and that children have teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/we-need-to-make-sure-teachers-are-in-schools-and-that-children-have/)

[Eric Garcetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-garcetti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/eric-garcetti-5068_children_we-need-to-make-sure-teachers-are-in-sch_2070088.jpg)

> [We are our children's first teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-fishburne/we-are-our-children-s-first-teachers/)

[Laurence Fishburne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-fishburne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/laurence-fishburne-3533_children_we-are-our-children-s-first-teachers-281_2811289.jpg)

> [They (children) are my teachers. I watch them and I learn. It is important for us to try and be like them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/they-children-are-my-teachers-i-watch-them-and-i-learn-it-is/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/michael-jackson-411_children_they-children-are-my-teachers-i-watch-th_2851461.jpg)

> [“...'Loving children is what teachers do for extra credit. It's not the main assignment.' 'Seems to me that the extra credit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esm-raji-codell/loving-children-is-what-teachers-do-for-extra-credit-it-s-not-the/)

[Esme Raji Codell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esm-raji-codell/)

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