12 Inspirational Quotes on Teachers by A P J Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( born 15 October 1931) is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied physics at the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai.(Source)

He is the author of many books which includes 'Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A. P. J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari; Universities Press, and 'Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; Viking, 2002'

Below are the some of the best sayings by him on teachers:

Give me a child for seven years, afterwards, let the God or the devil take the child, they cannot change the child.

I believe there is no other profession in the world that is more important to society than that of a teacher.

Teachers are the backbone of any country, the pillar upon which all aspirations are converted into realities.

Learning needs freedom to think and freedom to imagine, and both
have to be facilitated by the teacher.

A good teacher, with meticulous planning, prepares himself for teaching
and the student for acquisition of knowledge.

Teachers have a great mission to ignite the minds of the young.

Teachers should be the best minds in the country.

A teacher has to create a lifelong autonomous learner.

The role of the teacher is like the proverbial ‘ladder’, it is used by
everyone to climb up in life, but the ladder itself stays in its place.

A teacher’s life lights many lamps.

Teachers must be perpetual seekers of intellectual integrity and
universal compassion.

The purpose of teaching is to create nation building capacities in
students.

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