Education Quotes by Joseph Lancaster

My school is attended by near three hundred scholars.

— Joseph Lancaster

All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.

— Joseph Lancaster

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the…

— Joseph Lancaster

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the…

— Joseph Lancaster

The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children, regardless of the cost;…

— Joseph Lancaster

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates…

— Joseph Lancaster

A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader…

— Joseph Lancaster

I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius…

— Joseph Lancaster

The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.

— Joseph Lancaster

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and…

— Joseph Lancaster

Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves…

— Joseph Lancaster

The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile minds.

— Joseph Lancaster