Keep one thing in view forever- the truth; and if you do this, though it may seem to lead you away from the opinion of men, it will assuredly conduct you to the throne of God. Horace Mann More Quotes by Horace Mann More Quotes From Horace Mann Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power. Horace Mann human-power humans knowledge If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education. Horace Mann toil sacrifice heart As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed. It must overtake its predecessors before it can pass by them. Horace Mann generations world knowledge The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves. Horace Mann self-help helping-others leadership Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate. Horace Mann patient genius may Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. Horace Mann pathways angel goal 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. Horace Mann sunset time life It is well to think well; it is divine to act well. Horace Mann courage character thinking Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. Horace Mann help-and-support compassion helping-others Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. Horace Mann motivational positive happiness Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power. Horace Mann influence mind firsts 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 which the English peerage is an example, and of which we are beginning to abound in specimens in this country, is only a sort of human oyster bed, where heirs and heiresses are planted, to spend a contemptible life of slothfulness in growing plump and succulent for the grave-worms' banquet. Horace Mann oysters men country New constellations of truth are daily discovered in the firmament of knowledge, and new stars are daily shining forth in each constellation. Horace Mann stars shining truth Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. Horace Mann moral mature manners Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity. Horace Mann quality infinite education Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former. Horace Mann education inspirational school The living soul of man, once conscious of its power, cannot be quelled. Horace Mann conscious soul men You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it; but let all you tell be truth. Horace Mann truth knows needs If you wish to write well, study the life about you,--life in the public streets. Horace Mann study wish writing 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. Horace Mann cities book jesus
