223 Quotes by Horace Mann

Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

I think it's beginning to be very successful; it was always viewed as a long-term project,

Education must bring the practice as nearly as possible to the theory. As the children now are, so will the sovereigns soon be.

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever.

When you introduce into our schools a spirit of emulation, you have present the keenest spur admissible to the youthful intellect.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Man is improvable. Some people think he is only a machine, and that the only difference between a man and a mill is, that one is carried by blood and the other by water.

Great books are written for Christianity much oftener than great deeds are done for it. City libraries tell us of the reign of Jesus Christ but city streets tell us of the reign of Satan.

As a government employee, I was always fighting for financial resources, new staff, new everything, ... (Now,) I have to make sacrifices every day (as a business owner).