Horace Mann Quotes

American - Educator | May 4, 1796 - August 2, 1859

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

Horace Mann

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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.

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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.

Horace Mann

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Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

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Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

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Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

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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 to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.

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The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

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Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

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Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Horace Mann

TeacherColdLearnDesireTeachWho

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