Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.

Quote by Horace Mann

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When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and...

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

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

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

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it every day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it every day, and at last...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

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

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

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

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

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

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

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

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