All Horace Mann Quotes
- When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children? All
- In such a world as ours the idle man is not so much a biped as a bivalve; and the wealth which breeds idleness, of… Abound
- Want of occupation is the bane of both men and women, perhaps more especially of the latter. Bane
- I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor. Benefactor
- Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of… Age
- If temperance prevails, then education can prevail; if temperance fails, then education must fail. Education
- Above all, let the poor hang up the amulet of temperance in their homes. All
- Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. Both
- A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. Attaining
- A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. Attempting
- Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen. Action
- Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Accomplishment
- Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery. All
- Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever. Diamond
- 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,… Book
- Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. Break
- Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the… Complement
- Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge. All
- When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin… Angel
- Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. Easily