160.  Warning! I'm a teacher. I'll always be young at heart. I'll never grow up and act my age.

~ Heidi McDonald

161.  We could learn a lot from crayons 

• some are sharp, some are pretty, 
• some are dull, while others bright,
• some have weird names, 
• but they all have learned to live together in the same box.

~ Robert Fulghum

162.

• We don't ask airline pilots to pay for fuel.
• We don't ask doctors to pay for medicine or surgical equipment.
• We don't ask firefighters (and other first responders) to pay for the safety equipment and materials that are necessary for them to perform their jobs.
• So, why is it okay to ask teachers to pay for supplies, materials, and resources for their students and classrooms?

~ Heidi McDonald

163.  We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up

~ Phyllis Diller

164.  What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?

~ Erin Hanson

165.  What is the difference between a cat and a comma? One has claws at the end of its paws, and one is a pause at the end of a clause.

~ Author Unknown

166.  What is the difference between school and life?

• In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test.
• In life, you're given a test that teacher you a lesson.

~ Tom Bodett

167.  What teachers say right before they draw on the board:  I am not an artist.

~ Heidi McDonald

168.  When all else fails, pray for a fire drill.

~ Author Unknown

169.  When a teacher wants to know if there are any questions, she doesn't mean ANY questions.  She wants you to ask her about the thing she is teaching about.  So, if she is teaching about fractions, don't ask if "Bubbles" is a good name for a hamster.

~ Author Unknown

170.  When I die, I hope it is at a faculty meeting because the transition from life to death will be so smooth.

~ Author Unknown

171.  When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

~ John Lennon

172.  When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it's our job to share our calm, not to join their chaos.

~ L.R. Knost

173.

• When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
• When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
• When the funds are low and the debts are high
• And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
• When care is pressing you down a bit,
• Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

~ Edgar A. Guest

174.  When you are out relaxing with your friends and you see the parents of one of your students.

~ Heidi McDonald

175.  When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this:  you haven't.

~ Thomas Edison

176.  Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

~ Dr. Seuss

177.  Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me.

~ Albert Einstein

178.  Without teachers, schools would have no class.

~ Heidi McDonald

179.  Yes, kids love technology, but they also love Legos, scented markers, handstands, books, and mud puddles.  It's all about balance.

~ KG First Grade Teacher

180.  Yes, teachers have superpowers.  One of them is knowing whether or not you REALLY have to go to the bathroom. 

~ Heidi McDonald

181.  You are GRR-eat!  What matters most is how you see yourself.

~ Author Unknown

182.  You can learn many things from children.  For instance, how much patience you have.

~ Author Unknown

183.  You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crumbly attitude.

~ Author Unknown

184.  You can't scare me.  I'm a teacher.

~ Author Unknown

185.  Your best teacher is your last mistake.

~ Ralph Nader

186.  You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

~ Mark Twain

187.  You can't put students first if you put teachers last.

~ Author Unknown

188.  You have to be odd to be number one.

~ Dr. Seuss

189.  You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.

~ George Clooney

190.  You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

~ Dr. Seuss

191.  Your students may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

~ Author Unknown

192.  You've always had the power my dear.  You just had to learn it for yourself.

~ Wizard of Oz