Inspiring quotes - Teaching

We can all use a little inspiration today, especially those hardworking individuals in the teaching profession.  We did a Google search and found a few inspiring quotes relating to teaching, education and schools.  We'll share them all over the next few weeks.  Today - inspiring quotes on teaching, which I'd like to dedicate to the wonderful, hardworking staff at Bridgeway.  Enjoy!

Rhonda & the Bridgeway team

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Plato

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.

Eliphas Levi

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.

William Arthur Ward

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
Clay P. Bedford

All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning of our community depends on its capacity to develop each gift.

Peter Senge, 'The Learning School.'

If I had more skill in what I’m attempting, I wouldn’t need so much courage.

Ashleigh Brilliant