A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.

Quote by Horace Mann

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Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Education...beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men...

Education...beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.