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

About Horace Mann

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Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education; he is thus also known as The Father of American Education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of...

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Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

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If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

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Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

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

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We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

—Edward Gibbon

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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

—Abraham Lincoln

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

—William Hazlitt

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To be prepared is half the victory.

—Miguel de Cervantes

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