Horace Mann Quotes & Sayings

28 most famous Horace Mann quotes and sayings (educator). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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, if he has the means to buy them.”