Wherever you are - be all there.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
After a storm comes a calm.
Know or listen to those who know.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.