1. Teachers Appreciation 30 th October 2011 We Honor you Mr John Robertson: The Honourable Member of Opposition in NSW Ms Diane Shortland: Deputy Principal of Tregear High School Ms Judith Navidi: ??????????????????? And most important all our dear teachers

3. Man possesses the potentiality for every kind of progress and education enables him to bring this into the court of objectivity. Abdu'l-Baha

4. The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." Dan Rather

5. Through education we must free ourselves from …imperfections. Bahá'í Writings

10. Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom. Bahá'u'lláh

12. …minds are equal in origin, but education and the acquisition of ethics cause minds to differ and comprehensions to be at variance Abdu'l-Baha

13. Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. Colleen Wilcox

14. Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. Aristotle

15. Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Gilbert K. Chesterton

16. Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle

18. Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers,Grow, Grow. Talmud

19. The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Plutarch

20. The gentle teacher promoteth the children of the school to the lofty altitude and the bestowal of the trainer placeth the little child upon the throne of ether. Bahái Writings

21. The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller

22. A cross-eyed teacher can keep twice the number of children in order than any other, because the pupils do not know who she's looking at. Four Hundred Laughs, compiled and edited by John R. Kemble, 1902

24. A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.