9 Back to School Quotes to Share with Your Friends Today

Anyone else have a hard time transitioning from summer brain to back-to-school brain? I know I do!

We all need help — parents, students, and teachers alike — as we make the mental leap from summer time to early school mornings. It’s my hope that these back to school quotes inspire you to remember all the great things about this time of year. Because sometimes we need a little reminding in that department…

I mean, there are so many things to cross off the back to school checklist that sometimes I just get caught up in the rush of it all. Open houses, registrations, parent meetings, school supply shopping — it’s nuts for a couple weeks! Am I right?

And don’t get me started on transitioning from a summer schedule to a school schedule. It’s hard waking the kids up earlier in the mornings and getting them dressed and fed in time to catch the morning bus. (Why, oh why, do those busses have to come so early!?) And packing school lunch every day? Forget it. (Wait, no, don’t actually forget it. Nightmare scenario!)

It takes me a solid two or three weeks to accept the fact that summer has moved on, despite what the temperature outside says. And then all of a sudden the hubbub dies down. The kids are back in school, and there’s a momentary lull in the activities, and you realize — was I ready for all this?

That makes me wonder — were my kids ready for this? I’ve got a new kindergartener this year, and I’ve done my part in kindergarten readiness, but how much can you actually prepare a child for a transition like that? It’s no wonder they might be a little cranky for a week or so — or come home and take a once-in-a-blue-moon nap. There’s a lot changing in their little worlds.

So I hope that these back to school quotes will set you in the right frame of mind for a better school year and inspire you to extend grace to others as everyone accepts change at a different pace (ahem, some more slowly than others — I’m raising my hand).

Feel free to share these quotes on Facebook and Pinterest with your other friends who are braving the back to school routines. There is strength in remembering we’re all in this together. Without further ado:

Back to School Quotes for Parents, Teachers, and Students

1. To remind us why we educate

2. A back to school quote to inspire a love for reading

3. To remind kids (ahem, and parents) to be kind

4. To remind you that education can take you places!

5. Education lights a fire that can last a lifetime.

6. A back to school quote for those tough relationships at school

7. Imagination is so much more important than mere knowledge

8. For sports fans who need to know failure is necessary sometimes

9. A first day of school quote for all those great teachers out there.

(quote attributed to William Arthur Ward)

You like free stuff, right? Of course you do! And I’m super-excited to give you these back to school quotes on a downloadable, printable PDF! Print them, cut them apart, use them for lunchbox notes, put one on your fridge, include one in a teacher gift — the sky’s the limit! Simply enter your email address below, and we’ll send it to you. (Please note: It might take a few minutes to arrive in your inbox.)

About Aubrey Hunt
Before hopping on the crazy ride we call motherhood, I studied engineering and taught math and science to middle and high school students. Now, perhaps like you, I fill my days singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider and praying my preschooler will eat a vegetable — any vegetable!