--- title: "11 Teacher Mother Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Teacher Mother quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Teacher Mother sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/bobby-knight-2680_mentorship_i-m-a-teacher-my-mother-was-a-teacher-i_1817841.png" --- > [I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-knight/i-m-a-teacher-my-mother-was-a-teacher-i-spent-40-years-as-a-teacher/) [Bobby Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/bobby-knight-2680_mentorship_i-m-a-teacher-my-mother-was-a-teacher-i_1817841.png) > [A child's first teacher is its mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peng-liyuan/a-child-s-first-teacher-is-its-mother/) [Peng Liyuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peng-liyuan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/peng-liyuan-46331_child_a-child-s-first-teacher-is-its-mother-23_237356.jpg) > [Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/television-teacher-mother-secret-lover/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/anonymous-1_lovers_television-teacher-mother-secret-lover-1_1685345.jpg) > [“Your first teacher is your mother; the second is people; the third is life; and the fourth is God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/your-first-teacher-is-your-mother-the-second-is-people-the-third-is/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/matshona-dhliwayo-52_child-quotes_your-first-teacher-is-your-mother-the-se_1432276.jpg) > [My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/my-father-was-a-teacher-and-my-mother-also-worked-in-the-school-so/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/nick-cave-1153_also_my-father-was-a-teacher-and-my-mother-al_108346.jpg) > [As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-kelly/as-a-former-teacher-and-a-mother-and-grandmother-i-know-firsthand-the/) [Sue Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/sue-kelly-24623_education_as-a-former-teacher-and-a-mother-and-gra_1909150.jpg) > [I was born in a small town. My parents, my father was a teacher. My mother was a housewife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milos-forman/i-was-born-in-a-small-town-my-parents-my-father-was-a-teacher-my/) [Milos Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milos-forman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/milos-forman-11744_born_i-was-born-in-a-small-town-my-parents-my_1667633.png) > [The teacher, whether mother, priest, or schoolmaster, is the real maker of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-teacher-whether-mother-priest-or-schoolmaster-is-the-real-maker/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/h-g-wells-1122_education_the-teacher-whether-mother-priest-or-sch_2038864.png) > [For fifty years, I was a part-time model, but basically, I'm a nutritionist, a teacher, a mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maye-musk/for-fifty-years-i-was-a-part-time-model-but-basically-i-m-a/) [Maye Musk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maye-musk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/maye-musk-5490_basically_for-fifty-years-i-was-a-part-time-model_2215765.jpg) > [I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbra-streisand/i-must-have-got-my-detailed-obsessive-streak-from-my-father-who-was/) [Barbra Streisand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbra-streisand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/barbra-streisand-2243_english-teacher_i-must-have-got-my-detailed-obsessive-st_2985931.jpg) > [My best teacher was my mother. She was a diplomats wife living in the Arab world in the 70s and 80s who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katty-kay/my-best-teacher-was-my-mother-she-was-a-diplomats-wife-living-in-the/) [Katty Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katty-kay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/katty-kay-8472_best_my-best-teacher-was-my-mother-she-was-a_436723.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teacher-mother/#itemlist", "name": "Teacher Mother Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. 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