All Horace Mann Quotes
- Under the Providence of God, our means of education are the grand machinery by which the 'raw material' of human nature can be worked up… Artisans
- If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. Any
- It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more. Ancestor
- The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves. Help
- Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence.… Best
- False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse. Been
- After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds… Absolute
- Observation - activity of both eyes and ears. Activity
- It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. Calls
- Avoid witticisms at the expense of others. Avoid
- Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur… Astronomy
- There may be frugality which is not economy. A community, that withholds the means of education from its children, withholds the bread of life and… Bread
- The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can never be made impulsive to good. Evil
- You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much. Cost
- But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of… Carved
- Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become… Affirmed
- Let the public mind become corrupt, and all efforts to secure property, liberty, or life by the force of laws written on paper will be… All
- A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books,… Almost Always
- If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it. Believe
- The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to… Age
- The education already given to the people creates the necessity of giving them more. Already Given
- Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. Angel
- Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . . Education
- Great knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been well instructed, but still greater knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been neglected. Been
- Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training. Effective