Quote by Horace Mann
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we canno

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

Other quotes by Horace Mann

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

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Truth
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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

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Fear
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The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. – Horace Mann

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teacher
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Other Quotes from
Habits
category

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be. – Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Sense of Life

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Habits

Habits are safer than rules; you dont have to watch them. And you dont have to keep them either. They keep you. – Frank Crane

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Habits

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson

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Habits

Habit is a shackle for the free. – Ambrose Bierce

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Habits

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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift

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I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance. – Chris ODonnell

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The future is… black. – James Baldwin

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Future, The