“Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land, as the sower sows his wheat-field.”
"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart."
- Horace Mann
Compassion
"Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care."
- Horace Mann
Compassion
"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
Time Management
"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen."
- Horace Mann
Determination
"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."
- Horace Mann
Education
"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Vision
"Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must also step up the stairs."
- Vaclav Havel
Vision
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
- Peter Drucker
Vision
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real."
- Tupac Shakur
Vision
"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further."
- Thomas Carlyle
Vision