"IT is difficult to speak or write with……" — Joseph Lancaster
"IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle."
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23 Quotes by Joseph Lancaster
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This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the…
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The rich possess ample means to realize any theory they may chuse to adopt in the education of their children,…
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Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.
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Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious…
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We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the…
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All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.
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The complaint of bad pay, and difficulty in obtaining it, is almost generally reiterated through every department of education.
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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a…
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A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from…
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The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give…
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Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost…
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Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable…
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Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was…
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Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of…
— Scott Adams
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua…
— Warren G. Bennis
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Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting…
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may…
— Ambrose Bierce
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