Horace Mann Quotes

Horace Mann — American Educator born on May 04, 1796, died on August 02, 1859

Horace Mann was an American politician and educational reformer. A Whig devoted to promoting speedy modernization, he served in the Massachusetts State Legislature. In 1848, after serving as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education since its creation, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Historian Ellwood P. Cubberley asserts:.. (wikipedia)

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

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

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

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

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 Quotes

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