All Horace Mann Quotes
- One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a… Certainly Never
- Injustice alone can shake down the pillars of the skies, and restore the reign of Chaos and Night. Alone
- He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Cannot Resist
- Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice. Harder
- A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart. Acquisition
- You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it; but let all you tell be truth. All
- Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins. Affectation
- So, in the infinitely nobler battle in which you are engaged against error and wrong, if ever repulsed or stricken down, may you always be… Abuse
- Education is an organic necessity of a human being. Education
- Finally, in regard to those who possess the largest shares in the stock of worldly goods, could there, in your opinion, be any police so… All
- 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