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50 of the Best Quotes About Education

Learn as if you were to live forever.

Being an educator is not always the easiest job, but knowing you have made an impact on students’ lives can be so rewarding. Through all of the good times and bad, you continue to persevere and provide education to students of all backgrounds and abilities. We collected 50 of the best quotes about education to celebrate the best parts of teaching, learning, and the impact they have on the world.

Our Favorite Quotes About Education

“education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.” — malcolm x.

“Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” — Elin Nordegren

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” — Malcolm Forbes

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” — Sydney J. Harris

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” — Abigail Adams

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. … Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“A person who won’t read has no advantage over a person who can’t read.” — Mark Twain

“Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” — Unknown

“Education is the key to unlock a golden door of freedom.” — George Washington Carver

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” — Herbert Spencer

“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” — John F. Kennedy

“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.” — George Santayana

“The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle

“Education must not simply teach work, it must teach Life.” — W.E.B Du Bois

“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

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.” — Steve Irwin

“Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.” — Sidney Hook

“All real education is the architecture of the soul.” — William Bennett

“Education is the key which will unlock the door of opportunity for you.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” — Maya Angelou

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” — Bill Nye

“The highest result of education is tolerance.” — Helen Keller

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” — Aristotle

“To teach is to learn twice.” — Joseph Joubert

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” — Plutarch

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” — Confucius

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” — Mark Van Doren

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” — Margaret Mead

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” — Henry Ford

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” — Henry Brooks Adams

“They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel.” — Carl W. Buehner

“A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.” — Eliphas Levi

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai

“Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.” — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” — Isaac Asimov

“Real education must ultimately be limited to one who INSISTS on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.” — Ezra Pound

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” — Marian Wright Edelman

“It is only the ignorant who despise education.” — Publilius Syrus

“A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.” — Gwendolyn Brooks

“I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.” — William Morris

“Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.” — Nancy Astor

“It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete.” — Norman Cousins

“The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.” — John Ruskin

“Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.” — Horace Mann

“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.” — Daniel J. Boorstin

“Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.” — Frederick William Robertson

“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant.” — Edward Everett

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201 Inspiring Education Quotes for Students and Teachers

Education opens up the mind, expands it and allows you to improve your life in so many ways.

So this week – as schools are starting again – I’d like to share 201 of the most motivating and inspiring quotes on education.

I hope you’ll find them helpful no matter if you’re a student that needs a boost of motivation or if you’re a teacher of any kind that wants to inspire and make a change in the lives of your students.

And if you want more inspiration check out this collection of quotes on moving forward and this one with growth mindset quotes .

Education Quotes to Motivate Students

1. “A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

2. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein

3. “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” Victor Hugo

4. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain

5. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe

6. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” Jim Rohn

7. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X

8. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” Zig Ziglar

9. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Andy McIntyre

10. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.” Carl Rogers

11. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain

12. “Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding line, and no way of knowing how near the harbor was. “Light! Give me light!” was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.” Helen Keller

13. “Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.” David M. Burns

14. “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” Will Durant

15. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” Wayne Dyer

16. “The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Tom Bodett

17. “We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” Lloyd Alexander

18. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John R. Wooden

19. “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” Abraham Maslow

20. “If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Ben Franklin

21. “If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.” Ludwig Wittgenstein

22. “We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” John Newton 

23. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein

24. “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” Maya Angelou

25. “Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” Francis Bacon

26. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

27. “Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

28. “They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace.” Malala Yousafzai

29. “That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.” Seneca

30. “Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” Leonardo da Vinci

31. “Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.” James Dewar

32. “To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.” Epictetus

33. “Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.” Chinese proverb

34. “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” Bill Nye

35. “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” Dorothy Parker

36. “Success is a poor teacher.” Robert Kiyosaki

37. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” Thomas Jefferson

38. “Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students.” Robin Williams

39. “The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.” Cicero

40. “Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” Lee Iacocca

41. “Despise school and remain a fool.” German proverb

42. “Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.” Bruce Lee

43. “As long as you live, keep learning how to live.” Seneca

44. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” Nora Roberts

45. “The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.” Baruch Spinoza

46. “The learned man knows that he is ignorant.” Victor Hugo

47. “Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.” Euripides

48. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” Og Mandino

49. “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” Albert Einstein

50. “Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t. ” Pete Seeger

51. “Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” Chinese Proverb

52. “The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow.” Naval Ravikant

53. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” Charles F. Kettering

54. “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” Zig Ziglar

55. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” Jim Rohn

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Education Quotes for Teachers

56. “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” Clay P. Bedford

57. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Henry B Adams

58. “Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.” John W. Gardner

59. “To teach is to learn twice.” Joseph Joubert

60. “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” Chinese proverb

61. “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Alfred Mercier

62. “Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?” Erich Fromm

63. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin

64. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer

65. “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin

66. “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” Bill Beattie

67. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” Alexandra K. Trenfor

68. “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” G.K. Chesterton

69. “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” Lady Bird Johnson

70. “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” Chinese proverb

71. “ Nine tenths of education is encouragement .” Anatole France 72. “If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” Jim Rohn

73. “The most beautiful things in the creating of the child are his “mistakes.” The more a child’s work is full of these individual mistakes the more wonderful it is . And the more a teacher removes them from the child’s work the duller, more desolate and impersonal it becomes.” Franz Cizek

74. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming.” Goethe

75. “Education cost money, but then so does ignorance.” Claus Moser

76. “I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.“ Steve Irwin

77. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

78. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Margaret Mead

79. “The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice.” James Clear

80. “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

81. “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.” Plato

82. “Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” Jim Henson

83. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Aristotle

84. “I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.” Stanley Kubrick

85. “The more you make it easy for your kids, the more you remove the struggle necessary for learning.” Maxime Lagacé

86. “The highest result of education is tolerance.” Hellen Keller

87. “All learning has an emotional base.” Plato

88. “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” C.S. Lewis

89. “If a seed of a lettuce will not grow, we do not blame the lettuce. Instead, the fault lies with us for not having nourished the seed properly.” Buddhist proverb

90. “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” Franklin P. Jones

91. “Education is supposed to juice your curiosity, not diminish or sate it.” Walter Isaacson

92. “The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

93. “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” Diogenes

94. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch

95. “People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.” Socrates

96. “By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand.” Latin proverb

97. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William James

98. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” Bob Talber

99. “If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” Chinese proverb

100. “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” Plato

101. “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” Maya Angelou

102. “The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg — not by smashing it.” Arnold Glasow

Quotes on the Power of Education

103. “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” Epictetus

104. “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow

105. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle

106. “No man who worships education has got the best out of education…. Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.” G.K. Chesterton

107. “When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” Peter Drucker

108. “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” Gloria Steinem

109. “If a man is a fool, you don’t train him out of being a fool by sending him to university. You merely turn him into a trained fool, ten times more dangerous.” Desmond Bagley

110. “The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.” William R. Inge

111. “People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.” Bill Vaughan

112. “What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.” Henry David Thoreau

113. “Change is the end result of all true learning.” Leo Buscaglia

114. “Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven.” Edward De Bono

115. “I’ve learned… that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.” Andy Rooney

116. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris

117. “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark Twain

118. “What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul.” Joseph Addison

119. “Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” Peter Brougham

120. “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein

121. “Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.” William Haley

122. “A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” Helen Keller

123. “It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.” Robert G. Ingersoll

124. “Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” Abraham Lincoln

125. “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” Buckminster Fuller

126. “Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” John Keats

127. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.“ Jim Rohn

128. “It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time – for we are bound by that – but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time.” T.S. Eliot

129. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle

130. “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost

131. “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy

132. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” Henry Ford

133.“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” Brigham Young

134. “The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” Thomas Paine

135. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King

136. “When you educate one person you can change a life, when you educate many you can change the world.” Shai Reshef

137. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” Aristotle

138. “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” Michel Legrand

139. “A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.” George Santayana

140. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” B.B. King

Smart and Insightful Education Quotes

In this section I’d like to share recent findings that have helped me see things in a new way when it comes to education.

I hope that these timeless thoughts will help to open up new perspectives for you too.

141. “Everything is a learning process: Any time you fall over, it’s just teaching you to stand up the next time.” Joel Edgerton

142. “That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you have understood all your life, but in a new way.” Doris Lessing

143. “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” Thomas Jefferson

144. “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” Confucius

145. “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Peter Drucker

146. “Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.” Chanakya

147. “A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.” Andy Hargreaves

148. “The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss

149. “The ability to read, write, and analyze; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in the door and take your seat at the table — all of that starts with education.” Michelle Obama

150. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” Og Mandino

151. “Education is a continual process, it’s like a bicycle… If you don’t pedal you don’t go forward.” George Weah

152. “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” Mark Twain

153. “What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.” Chuck Grassley

154. “Life is an open book test. Learning how to learn is your most valuable skill in the online world.” Marc Cuban

155. “Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.” Roy T. Bennett

156. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” Albert Einstein

157. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

158. “It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.” Agnes Repplierg

159. “You cannot dream of becoming something you do not know about. You have to learn to dream big. Education exposes you to what the world has to offer, to the possibilities open to you.” Sonia Sotomayor

160. “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” Walter Cronkite

161. “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” Brigham Young

162. “Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.” Claude Bernard

163. “The best education is not given to students; it is drawn out of them.” Gerald Belcher

164. “Life long learners will always be ahead of the people standing still, the people who haven’t learned many new things in the past 10 years. So keep on learning because that makes it easier to advance in your career, remedy relationship issues and to grow older in a smart way. Plus, it most often makes life more exciting.” Rip Miller

165. “Do not conform your children to your own learning for they were born in another time.” Hebrew Proverb

166. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin

167. “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan

168. “All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.” Denis Waitley

169. “In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.” Barack Obama

170. “It is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.” Cormac McCarthy

171. “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” John Holt

172. “They know enough who know how to learn.” Henry Adams

173. “You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

Short Quotes About Education

Finally, a few handfuls of short, sharp and punchy education quotes. The ones that cut right to the point.

I hope you’ll find something that refuels or relights your motivation here.

174. “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.“ Malcolm Forbes

175. “Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities.” Nelson Mandela

176. “To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul.” Muriel Spark

177. “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” George Evans

178. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats

179. “Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.” Dr. W. Edwards Deming

180. “By seeking and blundering we learn.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

181. “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” Herbert Spencer

182. “Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.” John Hersey

183. “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.” Brian Tracy

184. “Education is the great engine to personal development.” Nelson Mandela

185. “All real education is the architecture of the soul.” William Bennett

186. “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” Albert Einstein

187. “The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth” Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

188. “Education must not simply teach work, it must teach Life.” W.E.B Du Bois

189. “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” Alexander the Great

190. “All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” Martin Fisher

191. “We all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.” Peter De Vries

192. “I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” Steven Wright

193. “The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” William S. Burroughs

194. “Learning without thought is a labor lost, thought without learning is perilous.” Confucius

195. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates

196. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai

197. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.“ Albert Einstein

198. “Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” Edward Everett

199. “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver

200. “A good education is a foundation for a better future.” Elizabeth Warren

201. “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” Conrad Hall

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100 Education Quotes That Will Inspire You To Keep Growing

By Maxime Lagacé

Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page .

Education is vital.

You without education:

• More likely to become poor
• More likely to have diseases
• More likely to commit crimes

You with education:

• More likely to be happy
• More likely to make more money
• More likely to live longer

So, what’s the key to a better future?

Inspired by this, I have compiled 100 of the best education quotes I could find.

To inspire you and make you realize the value of proper education.

You’ll discover quotes by Einstein, Budha, Lao Tzu, and more.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. Francis Bacon

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. Bruce Lee

A dull mind gets bored easily. A curious mind expands forever. Maxime Lagacé

Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein ( This source says it’s probably not from Einstein)

A generation of auto-didacts, educated by the Internet and leveraged by technology, will eventually starve the industrial-education system. Naval Ravikant

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. Bob Talber

Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. Jim Henson

A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero

The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice. James Clear

The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller

Only the autodidacts are free. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

They know enough who know how to learn. Henry Adams

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The Best Education Quotes

The more you make it easy for your kids, the more you remove the struggle necessary for learning. Maxime Lagacé

A mind is a terrible thing to waste. United Negro College Fund

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. Chinese proverb

The giving of love is an education in itself. Eleanor Roosevelt

Lasting novels don’t come from literature departments. Successful businesses don’t come from business schools. Scientific revolutions don’t come from research universities. Get your education, then get moving. Find the loners tinkering at the edge . Naval Ravikant

Podcasts are free. Twitter is free. Wikipedia is free. YouTube is free. We are living in a golden age of self-education. Brian Feroldi ( Source )

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. John Dewey

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Free education is abundant, all over the Internet. It’s the desire to learn that’s scarce. Naval Ravikant

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. Socrates

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley

Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival. W. Edwards Deming

Education begins the gentleman, but reading , good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke

Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. Jim Rohn

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Bill Nye (upworthy.com)

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The learned man knows that he is ignorant. Victor Hugo

I am still learning. Michelangelo

Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. Albert Einstein

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

You can never be overdressed or overeducated. Oscar Wilde

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. James Dewar

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. B. B. King

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. Augustine of Hippo

I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln

My education was interrupted only by my schooling. Winston Churchill

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. Antisthenes

As long as you live, keep learning how to live. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Short Education Quotes

Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France

Responsibility educates. Wendell Phillips

A sign of good education: students don’t feel entitled. Maxime Lagacé

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre

The world exists for the education of each man. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Even a fool learns something once it hits him. Homer

Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus

Success is a poor teacher. Robert Kiyosaki

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Diogenes

There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Chinese proverb

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou

Inspirational Education Quotes

If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. Ludwig Wittgenstein

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. Nora Roberts

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino

When anything can be learned online, the barrier to education is simply motivation, curiosity, and persistence. Anthony Pompliano ( Source )

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt

The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness . It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. Naval Ravikant (Naval referred to the Internet and social medias like Twitter and LinkedIn)

Education is supposed to juice your curiosity, not diminish or sate it. Walter Isaacson

Every person with a smartphone and a pair of headphones has access to the kind of education that was once reserved for the sons of aristocracy. The Stoic Emperor

Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be. Rita Pierson

They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Aristotle

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen. Lee Iacocca

Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Jean Piaget

Funny And Surprising Education Sayings

You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day. Jay Mohr

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones

Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don’t have the top for. Jerry Seinfeld

Any kid will run any errand for you if you ask at bedtime. Red Skelton

The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn’t stop until you get to school. Milton Berle 😂

Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Mark Twain

When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble. Mark Twain

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. Steven Wright

Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students. Robin Williams

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education Proverbs For Value-Packed Wisdom

When the student is ready, the master appears. Buddhist proverb

If a seed of a lettuce will not grow, we do not blame the lettuce. Instead, the fault lies with us for not having nourished the seed properly. Buddhist proverb

Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. Zen proverb

A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study. Chinese proverb

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese proverb

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand. Chinese proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese proverb

Wise men may not be learned; learned men may not be wise. Chinese proverb

A stumble may prevent a fall. English proverb

Despise school and remain a fool. German proverb

All things good to know are difficult to learn. Greek proverb

An apprentice near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught. Japanese proverb

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. Japanese proverb

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand. Latin proverb

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. Martin H. Fischer

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. Eartha Kitt

Key Takeaways

• Want a great education? Never get bored asking questions.
• Want a great way to learn? Play! Don’t be so serious.
• Want to go far in life? Be an autodidact. You can learn anything on the Internet.
• Remember: answers are good, but questions are better.
• To know is good. To know what’s worth knowing is better.

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What’s your favorite education quote? And remember: words can transform your life, if you find the right ones.

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Whether you’re a teacher or a student, a new school year is an exciting time. These education quotes will get you ready to enjoy teaching and learning anytime.

School pushes us out of our comfort zone, teaches us to dream big, and encourages us to achieve our potential.

In celebration of all the amazing things that education, we’ve put together a list of the best quotes about school, learning, and teaching.

So whether you’re a parent, student, or teacher – we’ve got you covered as you get ready for another year of school.

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Top 10 Education Quotes

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Socrates

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. Oprah Winfrey

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration . Bill Frist

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Herbert Spencer

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. Edward Everett 

Quotes about Education

Whether you’re at the beginning of a new year or semester of learning, or aren’t quite sure where your knowledge will take you next – look no further than these inspiring education quotes.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking. Ernest Dimnet

Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes

Only the educated are free. Epictetus

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things. Plato

It is clearly absurd to limit the term ‘education’ to a person’s formal schooling. Murray N. Rothbard

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. Martin Fisher

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life. Shakuntala Devi

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking

Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. George Carlin

Even the genius asks questions. Tupac Shakur

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Carl Rogers

Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Willing is not enough; We must do. Bruce Lee

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C.S. Lewis

Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein

Development is a series of rebirths. Maria Montessori

What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. Buddha

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Kofi Annan

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. Mark Twain

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. Sir Claus Moser

Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle

They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. Muriel Spark

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. Marian Wright Edelman

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller

Learning Quotes

Live as if you will die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

The learning process continues until the day you die. Kirk Douglas

The doer alone learneth. Friedrich Nietzsche

I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln

Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first. Ray Congdon

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are. Wendell Berry

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. Voltaire

Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival. Dr. W. Edwards Deming

Yesterday I was clever, so I changed the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go! Dr. Seuss

Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work. William Crawford

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese Proverb

The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you. B.B. King

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. Lloyd Alexander

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to close it again on something solid. G.K. Chesterton

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Henry Ford

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. Thomas Szasz

Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. Harry S. Truman

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. Claude Bernard

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. Vernon Howard

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin

A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world. Eric Hoffer

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. Anthony J. D’Angelo

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. Claude Bernard

Be curious, not judgmental. Walt Whitman

I’m still learning. Michelangelo

The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know. Michel Legrand

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle

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School Quotes

A new desk, a handful of freshly sharpened pencils, the first page of a new workbook… there are no days quite like school days!

From Kindergarten to college, celebrate all stages of education and their role in shaping our futures with these great school quotes.

In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett

The pathway to educational excellence lies within each school. Terrance Deal

We don’t stop going to school when we graduate . Carol Burnett

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work. Richard Livingstone

What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education. Harold Howe

School made us ‘literate’ but did not teach us to read for pleasure. Ambeth Ocampo

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. E.M. Forster

In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk. Robert T. Kiosaki

The human mind is our fundamental resource. John F. Kennedy

Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted. Dr. Seuss

What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning. Chuck Grassley

Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing. Madeline Hunter

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. Agnes Repplierg

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. Og Mandino

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

School is a place that provides education, and education is the key to life. Unknown

When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling. John Taylor Gatto

I’m not going to school just for the academics – I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning. Emma Watson

School prepares you for the real world… which also bites. Jim Benton

There’s no use going to school unless your final destination is the library. Ray Bradbury

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book for everything. Robert Frost

Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way. George Evans

They spent the first three years of school getting you to pretend stuff and then the rest of it marking you down if you did the same thing.Margaret Atwood

Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others. Roy T. Bennett

The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. Naval Ravikant

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. Stanley Kubrick

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley

You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year. Henry Ford

Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else. James E. Faust

You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun. Josephine Baker

Education begins at home . You can’t blame the school for not putting into your child what you don’t put into him. Geoffrey Holder

Teaching Quotes

Teachers have the amazing power of being able to inspire young minds.

Celebrate those who help children and young people achieve their potential with these quotes about teachers and teaching.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. Lily Tomlin

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage . A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential. John C. Maxwell

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world. Malala Yousafzai

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson. John Henrik Clarke

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Cicero

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C.S. Lewis

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun

A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn. Ruth Beechick

Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners. John Holt

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Alexander the Great

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known. Frank Herbert

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor

Education is too important to be left solely to educators. Francis Keppel

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge. Brad Sherman

The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves. Joseph Campbell

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. Solomon Ortiz

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. Thomas Carruthers

We hope you’re feeling inspired and excited to go back to school!

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This is the best quote for education The quote which i love in this list is “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

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• Inspirational Quotes

131 Life-Changing Inspirational Education Quotes To Ignite Your Learning Journey

Welcome to our curated collection of 131 Life-Changing Inspirational Education Quotes designed to ignite your learning journey.

Education is the cornerstone of personal growth, societal progress, and the cultivation of a brighter future.

In this blog post, we’ve gathered a diverse array of inspirational quotes from renowned thinkers, educators, and leaders across the globe.

Whether you’re a student embarking on a quest for knowledge, a teacher shaping young minds, a parent guiding your children, or simply someone who cherishes the transformative power of learning, these quotes are sure to resonate deeply with you.

From motivating words that encourage perseverance to insightful reflections on the importance of education, each quote serves as a beacon of inspiration, guiding you through the enriching landscape of lifelong learning.

So, let’s embark together on this enlightening journey, drawing wisdom and motivation from these powerful words.

Explore our collection and let these quotes fuel your passion for education, propelling you towards greater heights of intellectual fulfillment and personal development.

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Inspirational Education Quotes

1. “Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.” — Bill Gates

2. “I’ve always been a huge proponent for education; I graduated high school at 14 years old and graduated college at 17 years old.” — Katherine McNamara

3. “Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.” — Ernie Fletcher

4. “As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid’s grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.” — Bill O’Reilly

5. “Developing countries need to commit additional resources and have the political will to improve education.” — Julia Gillard

6. “I don’t think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.” — Wilma Mankiller

7. “I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education – that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

8. “We think about education as a stepping stone into a higher socio-economic class, into a better job. And it does do those things. But I don’t think that’s what it really is. I experienced it as getting access to different ideas and perspectives and using them to construct my own mind.” — Tara Westover

9. “The promotion of international tolerance, reconciliation and education for which we must work are, in my view, of paramount importance in order to build a balanced world showing solidarity.” — Albert II, Prince of Monaco

10. “Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity… and these in turn rely on the education of our people.” — Julia Gillard

11. “It was strange: I never had an interest in school because from an early age I knew the only thing I wanted to do was to play music! So I didn’t feel so bad not going into school when I was supposed to be there – why do I need Latin, geography, physical education, etc., and to get beaten on a daily basis?” — Andy Rourke

12. “I loved growing up in Canada. It’s a great place to grow up because – well, at least where I grew up – it’s very multicultural. There’s also good health care and a good education system.” — Ryan Gosling

Inspirational Education Quotes For Students

13. “Education gives girls the knowledge, experience, and confidence to play their rightful role in society.” — Tedros Adhanom

14. “Our growing national debt is a threat to our national defense and to our domestic priorities, including research and development, education, health care, and investments in our economic growth.” — Seth Moulton

15. “Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn’t help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?” — Beah Richards

16. “An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.” — Anatole France

17. “With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can’t always hear a parent when he says: ‘I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,’ or, ‘I want my child to shake hands firmly,’ or, ‘I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.’” — Amity Shlaes

18. “A dynamic economy begins with a good education.” — Bob Taft

19. “I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the ‘Post.’ This was my education.” — Jerry Della Femina

20. “At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment.” — Sebastian Thrun

21. “Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.” — Plato

22. “I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.” — Xenophon

23. “The problem is that we are trying to prepare people for the new economy using a higher education system built for the old economy. As a result, many high-skilled, high-paying industries suffer from a shortage of labor, while too many low-paying industries suffer from a surplus.” — Marco Rubio

24. “Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.” — Norman Schwarzkopf

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Inspirational Education Quotes For Teachers

25. “I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they’re not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.” — Earl Campbell

26. “Moral Education is the source of that spiritual equilibrium on which everything else depends and which may be compared to that physical equilibrium or sense of balance, without which it is impossible to stand upright or to move into any other position.” — Maria Montessori

27. “A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination.” — David Horowitz

28. “The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.” — W. E. B. Du Bois

29. “Communities do need police, but law enforcement needs to be much more transparent and held accountable for their actions. We also need increased resources for mental health services, affordable housing, education, jobs training, and much more to truly address social and economic issues in our communities.” — Sharice Davids

30. “I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” — Walt Disney

31. “Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.” — Kofi Annan

32. “Kathleen Wynne and her band of radical-left cronies think they have a handle on what constitutes human identity and also what should constitute human morality. And I think that that’s being pushed in a manner in schools that’s completely reprehensible. It’s not education, in my estimation. It’s a form of indoctrination.” — Jordan Peterson

33. “Education is possibility set in motion.” — Jill Biden

34. “As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.” — Sue Kelly

35. “We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

36. “Social incubators not only create economic impact but also have impact in other sectors, such as healthcare, education, and the environment. As the number of social incubation programs increase in the global incubation sector, there is a greater need to help programs improve and help others start.” — Tae Yoo

Inspirational Education Quotes For The Classroom

37. “My dad didn’t have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in ‘Harvest,’ I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can.” — Jim Crace

38. “I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students.” — Felix Bloch

39. “Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.” — John Ruskin

40. “The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.” — Bob Riley

41. “Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.” — Patrice Motsepe

42. “The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, her forces of mind and body… is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life.” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

43. “An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.” — Alan K. Simpson

44. “Education is hanging around until you’ve caught on.” — Robert Frost

45. “We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It’s also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost.” — Roy Romer

46. “You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.” — Ravi Zacharias

47. “For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.” — Thomas Frank

48. “I’ve put all the hours in and there’s a depth to my education. There are a couple of brain cells in there, more than you might expect of a 6ft 1in ginger skinhead.” — Sean Dyche

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49. “The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new – and sometimes unexpected – directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations. A liberal arts education is designed to equip students for just such flexibility and imagination.” — Drew Gilpin Faust

50. “Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.” — Phyllis Schlafly

51. “I think I’m pretty smart. I think I’m pretty clever. But there’s a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.” — Michelle Obama

52. “Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.” — John Agyekum Kufuor

53. “Crippling student loan debt doesn’t just affect those who took out loans to get an education. It harms all of us because we can’t have a healthy economy without a strong middle class to stimulate it.” — Ana Kasparian

54. “Toronto is a world-class city. You don’t have a debate here about immigration because you need it to just maintain your pensions: that’s dependent on people coming in to fund that. And again, I don’t want to be controversial, but I think the average education level in Canada is probably higher than in the United States.” — Shahid Khan

55. “I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.” — Jacqueline Novogratz

56. “That reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct.” — Solomon Asch

57. “In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.” — Camille Paglia

58. “The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.” — Nicholas Kristof

59. “I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!” — Erin Gruwell

60. “To Mahatma Gandhi, the key to India’s progress was the development of its villages. In his unified vision, education, agriculture, village industry, social reform all came together to provide the basis for a vibrant rural society free from exploitation and linked to the urban centres as equals. Our planning incorporates this basic insight.” — Rajiv Gandhi

Best Inspirational Education Quotes

61. “That’s the beauty of education, kids taking lessons out of the classroom and back into their own world where they can positively affect their family, their friends, and their greater community.” — Erin Gruwell

62. “In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.” — Queen Rania of Jordan

63. “The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.” — Bill Rancic

64. “Energy, health care and education are just three examples of areas in which information and information management are critically important. How are we using our energy? What appliances in homes or business are consuming the most energy? When do they consume it? Can the load be shifted? How efficient are these devices?” — Vint Cerf

65. “The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.” — Mortimer Adler

66. “The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” — William Inge

67. “Thoughtful education programs and access to effective forms of contraception are key to preventing unplanned pregnancy.” — Kristen Soltis Anderson

68. “Public education is an investment in our future.” — Matt Blunt

69. “One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.” — Christine Gregoire

70. “No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.” — Brad Henry

71. “I am honoured to join education innovators like Ms. Vicky Colbert, Dr. Madhav Chavan, and Sir Fazle Hasan Abed as the fourth WISE Prize for Education Laureate. I accept this prize on behalf of the million girls Camfed is committed to supporting through secondary education.” — Ann Cotton

72. “Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.” — John Sununu

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73. “The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.” — Jared Polis

74. “Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care.” — Miriam Defensor-Santiago

75. “Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.” — Bobby Unser

76. “Google Apps for Education is a suite of applications intended to be helpful to higher level educational institutions, but in the long run, I think Google has a role to play in helping to assemble relevant content for classroom use.” — Vint Cerf

77. “The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing how do to a great PowerPoint presentation? Nothing. It certainly doesn’t teach you how to think critically about living in a culture of simulation.” — Sherry Turkle

78. “I wanted to race cars. I didn’t like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college.” — George Lucas

79. “Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information.” — Paulo Freire

80. “When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.” — Ai Weiwei

81. “Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.” — Rutherford B. Hayes

82. “Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.” — Bob Beauprez

83. “We need sex education in schools, but we need it at home first. We need parents to learn the names of the teachers who are teaching their children. We need families to question day-care centers, to question other children and their own as to what goes on.” — Rod McKuen

84. “My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have received at the local public school. They had no way of knowing that the school nuns, who were the majority of the teachers at this particular parochial school, were right-wing, card-carrying John Birch Society members.” — Jim Starlin

Powerful Inspirational Quotes About The Importance Of Education

85. “A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.” — Norman Cousins

86. “Both me and my parents wanted me to lead a normal life, work in a normal ’10 to 5′ job and put my education to good use.” — Soha Ali Khan

87. “The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.” — John Dewey

88. “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” — Robert Frost

89. “By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation’s prosperity for generations yet unborn.” — Elijah Cummings

90. “I made education the highest priority of my campaign – actually education and jobs – and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.” — Chuck Schumer

91. “The education of women is the best way to save the environment.” — E. O. Wilson

92. “Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.” — Angela Davis

93. “The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.” — Muhammad Yunus

94. “With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you’ve got in Africa now and like you’ve got in Haiti. So what we’re talking about is there has to be an educational program. That’s very important.” — Fred Hampton

95. “I cannot live without books.” — Thomas Jefferson

96. “This journey of education and breaking stigma around HIV is something that will have a legacy everlasting.” — Gareth Thomas

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97. “The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience.” — John Dickey

98. “Health care is not a privilege. It’s a right. It’s a right as fundamental as civil rights. It’s a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.” — Rod Blagojevich

99. “I cannot believe that my generation may very well have been the last one to have sex education in schools that was truly the complete and total package. I mean what are we doing? Are we in the future, but acting like it’s The Dark Ages?” — Sheryl Lee Ralph

100. “Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can’t use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.” — Bjorn Lomborg

101. “There is no education like adversity.” — Benjamin Disraeli

102. “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.” — Brigham Young

103. “For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don’t make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you’re told you’re too tall or you’re too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You’re rejected for your education, you’re rejected for this or that and it’s really tough.” — Liam Neeson

104. “Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.” — Henry Adams

105. “In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk – they are all part of the curriculum.” — Michel de Montaigne

106. “People say Malala’s voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala’s voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala’s voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women’s rights, and peace.” — Malala Yousafzai

107. “The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.” — Aldous Huxley

108. “My father gave me formal education in raagdari. He died in Lahore in 1964 when I was 13. I was in the tenth year of school, and my father’s brother took me into the qawwali ensemble and started giving me formal education in qawwali.” — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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109. “There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.” — John T. Walton

110. “I grew up hearing stories about how my maternal grandfather had put himself through engineering school in New York City. He saved money by walking down to a gas station once a week to take a shower. When I applied to college, both education and investment value were important to me.” — Jason Kilar

111. “Education is the key to a bright future.” — Vaani Kapoor

112. “If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” — Jim Rohn

113. “America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.” — Will Rogers

114. “Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.” — W. E. B. Du Bois

115. “It is difficult to think of a major industry that AI will not transform. This includes healthcare, education, transportation, retail, communications, and agriculture. There are surprisingly clear paths for AI to make a big difference in all of these industries.” — Andrew Ng

116. “How do you think we build a future? I think we build it by investing in our kids and investing in education.” — Elizabeth Warren

117. “Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.” — Bill Frist

118. “We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

119. “Nobody would deny that if someone was a billionaire in 1962, his billions are going to affect all of his descendants. The reverse is also true. The lack of education, material, and finances for a slave are going to affect the descendants of that individual as well.” — Lecrae

120. “Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.” — Aldo Leopold

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121. “To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.” — John Ruskin

122. “Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.” — Charles Handy

123. “The key to education is the experience of beauty.” — Friedrich Schiller

124. “We are the number one economy in the world, and we ought to continue to pursue those kinds of policies that ensure that we maintain that position, like innovation and like technology and like education and like just research and development and discovery.” — Donald Evans

125. “Our education system has succeeded so far in teaching generations to do different routine tasks. So when tractors displaced farming labor, we taught the next generation to work in factories. But what we’ve never really been good at is teaching a huge number of people to do non-routine creative work.” — Andrew Ng

126. “Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world’s education superpowers, questions demand critical thinking and creativity. Students are asked to write at length, show their work, and explain their reasoning.” — Wendy Kopp

127. “The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film – whether it’s history, psychology, economics, or architecture – so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn’t going to help you unless you have something to say.” — George Lucas

128. “Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.” — Mark Twain

129. “Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.” — John Ruskin

130. “Do you know who the real hypocrite is? It’s the federal government and the Justice Department. It’s a fraud; it’s a lie. They have no interest in the education of black children. They are only interested in the politics of it.” — James Meredith

131. “Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.” — Noam Chomsky

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As we conclude this exploration of 131 Life-Changing Inspirational Education Quotes, let us carry with us the profound wisdom and motivation encapsulated in these words.

Education is not merely a process of acquiring knowledge but a transformative journey that shapes our minds, hearts, and futures.

Whether you’re a student navigating the complexities of learning, a teacher guiding others on their educational path, a parent nurturing the growth of your children, or simply an individual who values the pursuit of knowledge, these quotes remind us of the boundless potential within each of us.

Let us continue to celebrate the joy of learning, embrace the challenges with resilience, and strive for excellence in all endeavors. May these uplifting words of wisdom continue to inspire and encourage learners of all ages, fostering a world where education serves as a beacon of hope and empowerment for generations to come.

Remember, as Nelson Mandela aptly said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Let us wield this weapon wisely and embark on our journey towards a brighter tomorrow.

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126 Inspirational Education Quotes for Students & Teachers

These inspiring educational quotes will show students, teachers and parents the power of learning. Wether you’re looking to motivate kids or young adults in the classroom, or other teachers and colleagues, this is the wisdom they need to thrive and be their very best version of themselves.

Also make sure to see these inspirational quotes for kids (if you’re looking to inspire and motivate the next generation).

Education Quotes

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.” – Malala Yousafzai

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch

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“Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley

“Education without application is just entertainment.” – Tim Sanders

“Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” – Mark Twain

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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” – Francis Bacon

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.” – Chanakya

“A good education is a foundation for a better future.” – Elizabeth Warren

“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” – Mark Twain

“You learn something every day if you pay attention.” – Ray LeBlond

“School exams are memory tests, in the real world no one is going to stop you from referring to a book to solve a problem.” – Amit Kalantri

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking

“You cannot open a book without learning something.” – Confucius

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” – Chinese Proverb

“The road to freedom –here and everywhere on earth-– begins in the classroom.” – Hubert Humphrey

“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” – Doris Lessing

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker

“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” – Mary McLeod Bethune

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C. S. Lewis

“Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.” – Sir Anthony Seldon

“Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy.” – John Dewey

“All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.” – Denis Waitley

“The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.” – Lindsay Kolowich

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein

“Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.” – Eric Fromm

“Education is the great engine to personal development.” – Nelson Mandela

“Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” – Elin Nordegren

“All of life is a constant education.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle

“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” – Brigham Young

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” – Auguste Rodin

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” – William Burroughs

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb

“You’ll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.” – Julia Child

“Education should not be reading about the past rather it should be about addressing the present.” – Rajesh Walecha

“Take what you learn and make a difference with it.” – Tony Robbins

“A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.” – Horace Mann

“Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.” – Confucius

“Life is an open book test. Learning how to learn is your most valuable skill in the online world.” – Marc Cuban

“Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” – Anatole France

“Intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn.” – Daniel Keyes

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant

“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” – George Evans

“We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.” – Michelle Obama

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre

“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” – Mark Twain

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” – John Wooden

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie

“Education around entrepreneurship should start early, at secondary level, and be very robust by college level.” – Stephen A. Schwarzman

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein

“The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.” – John Dewey

“Only the educated are free.” – Epictetus

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” – Tom Bodett

“When you study great teachers… you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” – William Glasser

“They cannot stop me. I will get my education if it is in the home, school, or any place.” – Malala Yousafzai

“The learned man knows that he is ignorant.” – Victor Hugo

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” – Gloria Steinem

“School is the path, not the point.” – Will Richardson

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” – Lily Tomlin

“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” – Peter Drucker

“Education is the transmission of civilization.” – Will Durant

“Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later” – Dana Stewart Scott

“Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities.” – Nelson Mandela

“All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.” – David Hawkins

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” – Robert Frost

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.” – Richard Feynman

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” – John Holt

“Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students.” – Robin Williams

“Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.” – W.B. Yeats

“If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.” – Brad Sherman

“We all know that education, more than anything else, improves your chances of building better lives.” – Nelson Mandela

“I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.” – Ann Brashares

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer

“The learning process continues until the day you die.” – Kirk Douglas

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B.King

“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso

“Education is everything- education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.” – Ciara

“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.” – Epictetus

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.” – Gustave Flaubert

“No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.” – Nelson Mandela

“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” – Martin Fisher

“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” – William Arthur Ward

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey

“All things good to know are difficult to learn.” – Greek proverb

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson

“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

“There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” – Bill Beattie

“To delight in literature is to desire to learn.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Helen Keller

“A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.” – Thomas Carruthers

“The aim of education is the condition of suspended judgment on everything.” – George Santayana

“Let’s recommit to work towards our common goal: a nation where all of us are winners, all of us have shelter, food, and education.” – Nelson Mandela

“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” – Ayn Rand

“No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.” – Nelson Mandela

“I think you learn more if you’re laughing at the same time.” – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” – Will Rogers

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi

“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.” – William James

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” – Helen Keller

“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.” – Seneca

“Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” – Anton Chekhov

“I am not a teacher, but an awakened.” – Robert Frost

“The most important day of a person’s education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day.” – Harry Wong

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” – Arnold H. Glasgow

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.” – Steve Irwin

“The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” – Confucius

“All men by nature desire to know.” – Aristotle

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about.” – Thomas Huxley

“Reading is the key that unlocks the door of creativity.” – Agatha Christie

“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” – Marvin Minsky

“Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.” – Ernest Dimnet

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” – Isaac Asimov

“Explain what you learned to someone else. Teaching forces learning.” – Naval Ravikant

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats

“In the end, we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Schools should be places to learn, not to teach.” – Don Tapscott

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By: Melissa Coleman Last Updated: Aug 30, 2023 This post may contain affiliate links.

Discover inspiration and wisdom with this curated collection of thought-provoking quotes about education . From renowned thinkers to modern visionaries, explore words that celebrate the power of learning, knowledge, and the journey of growth that is perfect for students and teachers. Dive into a world of educational insights through these impactful quotes.

For both teachers and students, education is a transformative experience that shapes minds, ignites curiosity, and paves the way for a brighter future. Whether you're an educator dedicated to nurturing young minds or a student eager to absorb knowledge like a sponge, one thing is certain: the power of words can truly captivate and motivate. In this blog post, we've gathered a treasure trove of insightful quotes about education. These quotes encapsulate the essence of teaching and learning, offering guidance, encouragement, and a fresh perspective on the educational voyage. Join us as we explore these words of wisdom that celebrate the intricate dance between teachers, students, and the pursuit of knowledge.

• “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” – Bill Nye
• “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” – Conrad Hall
• “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris
• “Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” – Ernest Dimnet
• “Every artist was at first an amateur.” – Ralph W. Emerson
• “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” ― Mark Twain
• “All men by nature desire to know.” – Aristotle
• “Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life.“ – W. E. B. Du Bois
• “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” – Alexander the Great
• “Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” ― Anton Chekhov
• “Education is a continual process, it’s like a bicycle… If you don’t pedal you don’t go forward.” – George Weah
• “Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.” – Chanakya
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”― William Butler Yeats
• “A good education is a foundation for a better future.” – Elizabeth Warren
• “Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.”– Sir Anthony Seldon
• “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ― Jim Rohn
• “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” ― Michel Legrand
• “By seeking and blundering we learn.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “School is the path, not the point.” – Will Richardson
• “Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students.” – Robin Williams
• “When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.” ― John Taylor Gatto
• “Only the educated are free.” ― Epictetus
• “The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.”– Lindsay Kolowich
• “Do not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time.” – Hebrew Proverb

Learning Beyond Boundaries: Notable Quotes About Education

• “I think you learn more if you’re laughing at the same time.” ― Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
• “I don’t want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.” ― Malala Yousafzai
• “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver
• “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” – Brigham Young
• “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
• “Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.” – Eric Fromm
• “The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.” – George Eastman
• “Education is the transmission of civilization.” – Will Durant
• “The most important thing that schools can do is not to use technology in the curriculum more, but to use it more effectively.” – John G. Palfrey and ‎Urs Gasser
• “Education is the mother of leadership.” – Wendell Willkie
• “Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life." – Shakuntala Devi
• “Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.” – Plato
• “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer
• “Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.”― Vera Nazarian
• “Education should light a fire within us to improve us and help our world.” – Sarah Joseph
• “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
• "The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”― Plato
• “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant
• “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” — Henry Ford
• “Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.” – Ernest Dimnet
• “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” ― B.B. King
• “You learn something every day if you pay attention.” – Ray LeBlond
• “One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.” – Sophocles
• "Change is the end result of all true learning." – Leo Buscaglia
• "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." – Malcolm X

Empowering through Knowledge: Memorable Quotes About Education

• "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." –  Benjamin Franklin
• "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." – Aristotle
• "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." – Albert Einstein
• "The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”– Dr. Seuss
• “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
• “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” ― C.S. Lewis
• “The learning process continues until the day you die.” – Kirk Douglas 
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― W.B. Yeats
• “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey
• “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan
• “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain
• “Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” – Edward Everett 
• “They know enough who know how to learn.” – Henry Adams
• “Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” – Abraham Lincoln
• “Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.” – Chinese proverb
• “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” – Anatole France
• “Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.” – Claude Bernard
• “All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” –Martin Fisher
• “For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”― Aristotle
• “It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” –Claude Bernard
• “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”— Chinese Proverb
• “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” –George Evans
• “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”— Carl Rogers
• “Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” – Mark Twain

Unleashing Potential: Quotes About the Transformative Power of Education

• “You cannot open a book without learning something.” – Confucius
• “We learn from failure, not from success!”― Bram Stoker
• “The minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.” – Jack Nicholson
• “A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.”— Thomas Carruthers
• “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” – Socrates
• “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes
• “Schools should be places to learn, not to teach.” – Don Tapscott
• “Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.”― Roy T. Bennett
• “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” – Voltaire
• “You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”― Douglas Adams
• “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo da Vinci
• “Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” ― Isaac Asimov
• "Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”― Albert Einstein
• “Education is the art of making man ethical.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• “The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.” – Malala Yousafzai
• “The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” – Confucius
• “Education is everything- education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.” – Ciara
• “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” – Diogenes of Sinope
• “Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” – Elin Nordegren
• “Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.”– Doris Roberts
• “When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous.” – Michelle Obama
• “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” – Gloria Steinem
• “The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.”― John Dewey
• “Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.”― Louis L’Amour
• “The schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for Government.” — Mahatma Gandhi

The Art of Learning: Quotes that Celebrate Education

• “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor
• “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre
• “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus
• “The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” – Tom Bodett
• “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” – Ignacio Estrada
• “All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.” — Mahatma Gandhi
• “What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” – Alfred Mercier
• “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.”– Mahatma Gandhi
• “I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein
• “The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” – Mary McLeod Bethune
• “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch
• “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
• “Education is too important to be left solely to educators.” – Francis Keppel
• “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” – Albert Einstein
• “It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.” – Rene Descartes
• “Nothing is more powerful and liberating than knowledge.” – William H. Gray III
• “Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley
• “You teach best what you most need to learn.” – Richard Bach
• “In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.” — Barack Obama
• “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” ― Robert Frost
• “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams
• “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle
• “It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.” – Agnes Repplierg
• “They cannot stop me. I will get my education if it is in the home, school, or any place.” – Malala Yousafzai

Bridging Dreams and Reality: Quotes About Education's Possibilities

• “I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright
• “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” ― Thomas Jefferson
• “Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.” – Dr. W. Edwards Deming
• “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” – John Holt
• “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” –  Og Mandino
• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
• “I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.”– Ann Brashares
• “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” ― Walter Cronkite
• “To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul.” ― Muriel Spark
• “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” ― Victor Hugo
• “Education is the ability to meet life’s situations.” – Dr. John G. Hibben
• “Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.” – John Hersey
• “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
• “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
• “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” – Marian Wright Edelman
• “Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” – Leonardo da Vinci
• “It is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.” ― Cormac McCarthy
• “The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth” ― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
• “With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.” ― Malala Yousafzai
• “If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.” – Brad Sherman
• “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
• “The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves.” – Joseph Campbell
• “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead
• “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C. S. Lewis
• “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” – Lily Tomlin

Lighting the Path: Quotes That Illuminate the Importance of Education

• “Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
• “I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.” – Steve Irwin
• “I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.” – Eartha Kitt
• “The Best way to predict your future is to create it.”— ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• “I am still learning.” —Michelangelo
• “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
• “A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” —Helen Keller
• “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B.King
• “Try to learn something about everything and everything about.” —Thomas Huxley
• “Learning without thought is a labor lost, thought without learning is perilous.” – Confucius
• “I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”—Pablo Picasso
• “Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work.” —William Crawford
• “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”– Winston Churchill

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90 Inspirational and Powerful Education Quotes

Education is perhaps one of the most important ingredients to a happy, successful, and constructive life. In fact, having access to a good education during childhood and your early adulthood can make a real difference in your later life. However, not all education systems are equally good. It is saddening to see how miserable and uninterested teachers (or even entirely corrupted systems) do nothing but close the minds of young children. No matter if you’re a teacher seeking to reignite your passion for teaching or a student struggling with subjects that are far from reality, quotes about education can help you to quickly re-inspire your passion for education. Therefore, you can find a collection of powerfully inspirational education quotes in the following. Enjoy these beautiful and magnificent quotes about education.

In the ideal case, education and educators inspire pupils and students to open and expand their minds. Even more importantly, a good education system skillfully prepares the young children for life. Yet, math, biology, and physics alone won’t prepare you for the challenges of life.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

In many cases, however, education is far from what it should actually be. Instead, it is nothing but soul crushing to young spirits.

In the following, you can find our collection of education quotes.

Still, there are many exceptional teachers who wholeheartedly have the best interest of their pupils and students in mind. These are to teachers who encourage their students to think for themselves and to become independent and responsible individuals. Even more so, such teachers may even encourage you to pursue your dreams instead of telling you how unrealistic they are. In the ideal case, these are the exceptional individuals that convince you that you can accomplish all your dreams – if you are willing to do whatever it takes.

What is so amazingly powerful about education quotes is that they stem from the hands of some of the wisest and most brilliant individuals that have ever walked on earth. As such, the following quotes about education are packed with wife lessons and inspiring wisdom. Not only will such quotes make you think deeply about education but they will also motivate you to continue the process of learning something new each day.

Let’s have a look at these fantastic education quotes:

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.“ Steve Irwin

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.“ Marian Wright Edelman

“Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.“ Mark Twain

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.“ Benjamin Franklin

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.“ Maimonides

“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity.“ Cesar Chavez

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.“ Albert Einstein

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.“ Malcolm Forbes

“Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life.“ W. E. B. Du Bois

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.“ Jim Rohn

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” Epictetus

„Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.“ Malcolm X

“Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.“ Leonardo da Vinci

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.“ Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.“ Albert Einstein

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.“ Clay P. Bedford

“To teach is to learn twice.“ Joseph Joubert

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.“ G.K. Chesterton

“Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.“ William Haley

“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven.“ Edward De Bono

“No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.“ G.K. Chesterton

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.“ Buckminster Fuller

“A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.“ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.“ David M. Burns

“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.“ Peter Drucker

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.“ Chanakya

“You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.“ Josephine Baker

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.“ Aristotle

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.“ C. S. Lewis

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.“ Francis Bacon

“One thing that education can do is it can provide us with an opportunity to understand one another better, and so while I’ve spent a lot of my time in the world of politics, I’ve always felt that it is really not politics that will solve this for us.“ Condoleezza Rice

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.“ Theodore Roosevelt

“No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.“ Bobby Scott

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.“ Calvin Coolidge

“The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.“ Leo Buscaglia

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.“ John Locke

“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.“ Jean Piaget

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.“ Herbert Spencer

“What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.“ Henry David Thoreau

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.“ Plato

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.“ Will Durant

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.“ Victor Hugo

“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.“ John W. Gardner

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.“ James Baldwin

“I’ve learned… that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.“ Andy Rooney

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.“ Gloria Steinem

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.“ Henry B. Adams

“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age.“ Erich Fromm

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.“ Andy McIntyre

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.“ Chinese proverb

“People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.“ Bill Vaughan

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.“ B.B. King

“Men and women must be educated, to a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.“ Mary Wollstonecraft

“The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new – and sometimes unexpected – directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations. A liberal arts education is designed to equip students for just such flexibility and imagination.“ Drew Gilpin Faust

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.“ Anthony J. D’Angelo

“Education is all a matter of building bridges.“ Ralph Ellison

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.“ John Dewey

“The mere imparting of information is not education.“ Carter G. Woodson

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.“ Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.“ Solomon Ortiz

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.“ B. F. Skinner

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.“ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.“ Aristotle

“It is, in fact, a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time – for we are bound by that – but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time.“ T.S. Eliot

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming.“ Goethe  

“Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.“ Peter Brougham

“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.“ Anatole France

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.“ Tom Bodett

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.“ Albert Schweitzer

“You can’t legislate good will – that comes through education.“ Malcolm X

“The highest result of education is tolerance.“ Helen Keller

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn… and change.“ Carl Rogers

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.“ Ben Franklin

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.“ Bill Beattie

“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.“ George Santayana

“What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul.“ Joseph Addison

“It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.“ Harvey S. Firestone

“All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.“ Malala Yousafzai

“Change is the end result of all true learning.“ Leo Buscaglia

“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.“ John F. Kennedy

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.“ Kofi Annan

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.“ George Washington Carver

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.“ Aristotle

“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.“ Robert G. Ingersoll

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.“ Helen Keller

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.“ Jim Rohn

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.“ Albert Einstein

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.“ Sydney J. Harris

“The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class because they do not realize how little they know.“ William R. Inge

“Your library is your paradise.“ Desiderius Erasmus

“For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.“ Plato

“The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.“ George Eastman

“You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.“ Conrad Hall

I hope you enjoyed reading this collection of education quotes.

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Thanks for this collection, it’s pretty helpful.

Hi Steve, Education not only teaches what is in the books, it helps in evolving a person into a much wiser and better human being. Great Post! Thanks for posting!

most of the quotes are evergreen and will continue to inspire students and academicians

Thank you Steve very helpful. Candice

I think it can convince everyone of the importance of learning! I fully agree with the main idea that knowledge is power.

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50 Inspirational Education Quotes to Ignite Your Student Journey

Education is a powerful tool that can transform lives, shape futures, and unlock doors to endless possibilities.

Whether you’re a student embarking on your academic journey or a lifelong learner seeking wisdom, the wisdom encapsulated in education quotes can inspire, motivate, and provide guidance.

In this collection, we’ve gathered 50 remarkable education quotes that will not only resonate with students but also serve as beacons of light on your educational path.

Let’s dive into this treasure trove of wisdom.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.  Nelson Mandela

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The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.  B.B. King

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.  John Dewey

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.  Carl Rogers

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.  Dr. Seuss

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.  Benjamin Franklin

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.  William Butler Yeats

Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.  Nora Ephron

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.  Eleanor Roosevelt

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.  Aristotle

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.  Malcolm X

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.  Mahatma Gandhi

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.  Steve Jobs

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.  Albert Einstein

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.  Lao Tzu

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.  John Wooden

Learning never exhausts the mind.  Leonardo da Vinci

Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.  Malcolm Forbes

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.  Plutarch

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.  Winston Churchill

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.  Brian Herbert

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.  Dr. Seuss

The expert in anything was once a beginner.  Helen Hayes

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.  B.B. King

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.  Shakuntala Devi

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.  Franklin D. Roosevelt

In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.  Phil Collins

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.  Oprah Winfrey

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.  Chinese Proverb

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.  John D. Rockefeller

Education is not something you can finish.  Isaac Asimov

A good education is a foundation for a better future.  Elizabeth Warren

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.  Eartha Kitt

The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.  Aristotle

Education is the movement from darkness to light.  Allan Bloom

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.  Leonardo da Vinci

Change is the end result of all true learning.  Leo Buscaglia

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Education is a lifelong journey, and these 50 inspirational quotes are your companions along the way.

Whether you’re a student, a teacher, or simply someone passionate about learning , these words of wisdom remind us that education is not just about acquiring knowledge; it’s about growth, empowerment, and the pursuit of dreams.

Let these quotes serve as your guiding light as you continue your educational adventure, and may they inspire you to reach new heights of understanding and achievement.

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35 Inspiring Quotes About Education Short Enough for Lunchbox Notes

Wise words for students of any age and lifelong learners too

With fall in full swing and everyone settled into a back-to-school routine—and that mile-long school supplies list just a distant memory—you may be running on auto-pilot as we head into the chaos of the holiday season. Still, we can all agree that the opportunity to learn and grow through education is an incredible season of life, even with all the busyness life throws at us. And hopefully, with the right amount of curiosity and drive, a season that lasts a lifetime. That's why these inspiring quotes about education come at just the right time. Here, you'll find wisdom passed down from well-known authors, famous intellectuals, and culture makers throughout history about the benefits of learning in all its forms. Bookmark these thoughts for when you need something to motivate you to hit the books, or pick one for a back-to-school Instagram caption down the road.

Do you have a favorite educator? One of the best teacher gifts you can give is letting them know how much they've inspired your journey, so share one of these quotes with them in a thank-you note or message. If you don't find the perfect words here, we have a great list of best teacher quotes too.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.”

Albert Einstein

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

Alvin Toffler

“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”

Andy McIntyre

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

Maya Angelou

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”

Carl Rogers

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

Dorothy Parker

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

Benjamin Franklin

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

Lee Iacocca

“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.”

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”

Chinese Proverb

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

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95 Education Quotes: Inspire Children, Parents, AND Teachers

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Why is education important?

Education is the key to everything that is good in our world today. Advances in computers, information technology, math, medicine, psychology, engineering and every other discipline would be impossible if education didn't help us build on the advances of the great minds that came before us.

In fact, it is essential that as a society that we keep learning new things . Education is not only about the past and present, but it is also the key to the future. It will help discipline our children for the intellectual challenges of the rest of the 21st century. And it not only teaches our children facts but also teaches them how to think and learn on their own.

So to honor all educators, teachers, administrators, professors and even those involved in cutting edge online education, here are 95 education quotes that will hopefully provide you with a bit of inspiration.

These quotes about education show both the past and present views on education. They also show clearly why education is also so important for our future.

Let's get to it…

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What is a Good Education?

There will always be arguments about what is taught in schools. Socrates was fed poison for teaching the “wrong things”. William of Ockam and Galileo are two great examples that philosophy and science have always been controversial topics (to understate the issue) when education runs counter to the status quo.

The line on what is good education seems to keep moving.

With common core and year-round schools coming into vogue these days, schools are a very different place than when I was a kid. And education 50 years from now will be even more different. I imagine 3-D display classrooms, with virtual summer bulletin boards and a ton of technology streamlining learning. (Even now, you check out the best educational apps that kids can use to better engage in learning .)

Yes, the future of education may seem strange to us today, but the changes will be made for the better of the student, or the changes will not last long.

When I think of, “what is good education” one quote comes to my mind. A quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy that I think encapsulates what a good education is really all about:

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With our first education quote out of the way, I will stop my essay, and give you a look at what you can expect from the rest of this quote post.

This article will feature many education quotes by many of the greatest thinkers of all time: Albert Einstein, George Santayana, Confucius, Maya Angelou, Francis Bacon, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, and Benjamin Franklin

But all these quotes are not just the serious musings of the bright lights from history. Many entertainers have chimed in over the years with their own quotes about the importance of education. This list has education quotes from Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss , H.G Wells, C.S. Lewis, Katey Sagal, Tupac Shakur, and Lady Gaga.

Without further ado, let’s get to the education quotes. Starting first with the most important aspect of education: kids. As the late Whitney Houston sang “ I believe that children are our are future.  Teach them well and let them lead the way ”

Let's start by focusing on quotes about the impact of education on children…

Education Quotes for Kids

• “Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” – Jim Henson
• “The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”– Dr. Seuss
• “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” – Chinese proverb
• “A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.” – George Santayana
• “Children just need the time, space, and permission to be kids.” – Angela Hanscom
• “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead

• “Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” – Ernest Dimnet
• “The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
• “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” – Confucius
• “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” – Roger Lewin
• “Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.” – Thomas Szasz

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.” – Thomas Szasz

• “Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.” – Glenn Beck
• “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” – Maya Angelou
• “The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’” – Maria Montessori
• “Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.” – Harold Hulbert
• “I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.” – Ann Brashares
• “Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.” – Benjamin Franklin
• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”– Nelson Mandela

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ”– Nelson Mandela

• “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” – James Baldwin
• “Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.” – Sir Anthony Seldon

Educational Quotes to Motivate Your Students

Creating self-motivation is a challenge . It's even harder to generate motivation in a classroom setting.

While a few kids are motivated to do well from their own thirst for knowledge. Most are not.

Particularly younger kids may go into school kicking and screaming the whole way. While the best motivation will always be intrinsic motivation something has to be done to give kids that initial motivation until they grow up enough to motivate themselves.

Parents and teachers are always working up new tricks to give these students a bit of motivation. Of course, in many ways the best motivation for the young kids remains the old “carrot and stick” method. Let the child self reward when they do good jobs and have a set of punishments when they do not live up to standards.

Not much has changed when it comes to motivation over the years, except you might be taking away time playing video games instead of taking away time from playing ball with their friends.

Regardless, some of the educational quotes below will hopefully help students gain a little bit of motivation, or at least give parents and educators some ideas on applying some extrinsic motivation.

• ​ “Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” – Francis Bacon
• “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
• “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”– Anthony J. D'Angelo

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D'Angelo

• “The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.” – Lindsay Kolowich
• “The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” – Confucius
• “When the student is ready, the master appears.” – Buddhist proverb

• “Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.” – Doris Roberts
• “Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.” – Rose Kennedy
• “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” – Alfred Mercier
• “Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.” – Dr. David M. Burns
• “Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.” – John Hersey
• “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

• “Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.” – Benjamin Disraeli
• “We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” – Lloyd Alexander
• “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino
• “Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardour and diligence.” – Abigail Adams
• “A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.” – Roy H. Williams
• “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” – Zig Ziglar

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” – Zig Ziglar

Quotes About Education and Success

The section of quotes below I have titled “quotes about education and success”. These quotes deal a lot with what it takes to achieve success in learning and education.

Of course, “success” is sort of a nebulous term. What one person views as success, another might view as a failure. For some, success is raising their child to be a decent person, for another success might be making a lot of money . Or gaining fame. Or power. Or finding happiness . Ultimately success can be best defined by understanding your core values and what you value in life.

I have talked about success a lot here on this blog. It's a popular concept for people trying to change their habits because almost everybody wants to succeed in some aspect of their lives. They are trying to learn from the mistakes of others and thereby increase their own chances of success.

I have also written a lot of quote posts, similar to this one, relating to success in its many forms and giving inspiration to those seeking to succeed. If you want to check out these success quote posts, the following is a shortlist.

• 51 Success Quotes from History's Most Famous People
• 51 Achievement Quote to Inspire Your Journey to Sucess
• Great quotes on Failure and Success
• 100 Hard Work Quotes to Achieve All You Want in Life

You can also read up on few articles I have written about achieving success:

• 21 Success Habits of Highly Organized People
• 9 World Famous Successful People Who Failed and Overcame Adversity
• 43 Experts Share Their #1 Success Habit

But enough about success in general. Let’s jump right into the quotes about education and success shared below.

• “That best academy, a mother’s knee.” – James Russell Lowell
• “I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.” – Deborah Norville
• “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” – Mahatma Gandhi
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – WB Yeats

• “Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I’ve ever done.” – Katey Sagal
• “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” – Robert Fulghum
• “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” – Dr. Seuss
• “The more certain kids are that someone’s got their back, the more confident and autonomous they can be.” – Melinda Wenner Moyer

The more certain kids are that someone’s got their back, the more confident and autonomous they can be. ” – Melinda Wenner Moyer

• “ If you don’t feel safe as a child, you can’t learn.” – Lady Gaga
• “Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.” – Rabindranath Tagore
• “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelou
• “My parents encouraged thought. You’ll get through life better if you learn how to think.” – Holly Near
• “I believe that a parent’s role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.” – David Soul
• “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass
• “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” – Oscar Wilde

T he best way to make children good is to make them happy .” – Oscar Wilde

• “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” – Lady Bird Johnson
• “Education… is painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning, by praise, but above all — by example.” – John Ruskin
• “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. – Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes About Teachers and Teaching

At the heart of education lies the most important person in the educational world: the teacher.

A good teacher can change a student’s life far out of proportion to the amount of time they spend in their lives. Of course, A bad teacher can do the same, in a negative way. But fortunately, there are far more good teachers out there than bad ones.

The teacher quotes below are in honor of all the good teachers out there and for all the good they have done for students past, present and into the future.

• ​ “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor
• “Teachers are those who help us in resolving problems which, without them, we wouldn’t have.” – Unknown
• “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward

• “Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” – Chinese proverb
• “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” – Khalil Gibran
• “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” – John Dewey

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” – John Dewey

• “There is no single way to educate.” – Michael Gurian
• “I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein
• “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.” – Gail Goldwin
• “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese proverb
• “As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I’m the least authoritarian professor you’ll ever meet.” – Niall Ferguson
• “I’m not sayin’ I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will.” – Tupac Shakur
• “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”– Henry Brooks Adams

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Brooks Adams

• “The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.” – John Ruskin
• “Love is a better teacher than duty.” – Albert Einstein
• “If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.” – Confucius
• “Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.” – Mickey Hart
• “The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.” – Amos Bronson Alcott

Education Quotes About Experience and Mistakes

All education in life does not come at the hands of teachers. All learning does not take place in classrooms and labs.

One of the very best teachers in life is experience. Some people refuse to learn any other way, and even those that try to carefully learn before doing things will find they are often taught surprising lessons by experience.

For most of us, experience will be one of our best teachers. We just need to be self-aware enough to notice the lessons and learn from the mistakes.

The educational quotes below talk about making mistakes and learning from them. Do this often enough and you will begin to find wisdom and happiness .

• “Experience is the teacher of all things.” – Julius Caesar
• “Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.” – Minna Antrim
• “What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.” – Wendell Phillips
• “Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• “Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” – C.S. Lewis
• “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” – Robert Frost
• “The years teach much which the days never know.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.” – A. Bronson Alcott
• “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
• “This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!” – Swami Sivananda
• “Wisdom is the daughter of experience.” – Leonardo da Vinci
• “Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you’ve got something to share.” – Steve Harvey

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you’ve got something to share.” – Steve Harvey

• “But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.” – Kathy Ireland
• “Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.” – Euripides
• “The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.” – Doug Larson
• “Our ability to achieve success depends on the strength of our wings gained through knowledge and experience. The greater our knowledge and experience, the higher we can fly.” – Catherine Pulsifer
• “Your best teacher is your last mistake.” – Ralph Nader
• “Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.” – William Hazlitt

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.” – William Hazlitt

• “By crawling, a child learns to stand.” – Hausa
• “You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.” – H.G. Wells

Final Thoughts on Quotes About Education

This final section of education quotes is a short one. It has only the most famous education quote. Along with the Kennedy quote I used in the beginning of this educational quote post, there is one more quote that I personally love about learning and education…

I find this simple quote to be quite profound, and often ask myself this question when I think about my understanding of a concept. Could I explain it in ten words or less? Could I explain it to someone with no background in the subject? If the answer is no, I need to do more research.

Hopefully the quotes we showcased on this page inspired you a little to embrace the many benefits of learning and education. Taking the clay of our children and helping the parents too slowly mold children into thinking adults. It is a tough job, and often thankless. But by making this post I want to say to all teachers. Mine from the past, my child’s in the future and of course all other teachers out there.

And if you want more eye-opening quotes, be sure to check out these blog posts:

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Finally, if you want to use these quotes to make a lasting change to your life, then watch this free video that details the 7-minute habit for planning your day to focus on what's truly important to you. .

Well…that's it from me. Now it's your turn…

What are your favorite education quotes?

Do you have a favorite from this list? If so, why?

Do you love an educational quote that did not make this list? If so, I would love to hear it?

Are you a teacher or an educator? If so let me know, just so I can say “thanks” for doing one of the most important jobs in the world. Teaching and molding the next generation. Ignite those fires of learning!

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Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead. – Nora Ephron

Good Morning and thank you for the beautiful quotes, my favorite one is the one which says : The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm., keep going thank you.

it is very nice qoutes mankind can learn from

I always love Dr. Seuss saying. It is really a good thing to keep on reading and learning new things in life. Let our mind soar to that wonderful world of books and new vocabulary.

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50 Quotes About Education Every Student Should Read

Last Updated on September 6, 2024

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Why do people like quotes so much?

Well, the main reason why is that they are both educational and inspirational.

Here is the list of the most telling quotes about education which every student should read.

Some of them are definitely familiar while others may be totally new to you.

Quotes about education you’ve definitely heard before

The first citation is by Benjamin Franklin and it goes like this:

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

This quotation describes the necessity to acquire knowledge in the best way possible.

A lot of people like to cite it to highlight the importance of learning something new every day.

The more knowledge you have acquired, the more areas you can become an expert in, and the earlier you understand it, the faster you will realize why it is so vital to study hard when you are in college.

The second statement to mention is the following one:

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious”.

Albert Einstein said this phrase, but you probably know it all to well from your physics teacher.

Whenever you come across this quote, you remember how significant it is to stay curious about the things that surround us and about the world we live in.

This is what drives us to move forward and achieve our goals.

The next statement is one of the most inspirational quotes of all time, and it has a lot to do with teaching.

The author of the citation is William S. Burroughs and it goes like this:

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.”

The main task of a teacher at any school or university is to provide their student with a set of values.

Memorizing facts is easy.

Anyone can do it.

Learning is not merely about getting good grades and passing tests.

It is about the ability of a person to process what they have learned and to come up with their own conclusions.

Quotes you may be unfamiliar with

Perhaps, you have come across the following citation on your own or have discussed it as a part of your school curriculum but this statement by Thomas Jefferson is not quoted as often it it should be:

“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.”

In other words, getting education is the road to logic and reason that help us deal with ignorance or even aggression.

To develop as a society, we need to be educated. The final citation to mention is the one by Francis Bacon:

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”

This quotation highlights the importance of traveling and seeing the world no matter how old you are.

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Here are 45 more great quotes on education. Enjoy!

“The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” Confucius.

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” Lloyd Alexander

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”  John Wooden

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potentials. ”  John Maxwell

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Seuss

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Anthony J.1 D’Angelo  

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Albert Einstein.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ” Nelson Mandela

“Strive for Progress, Not perfection.” Unknown

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” Seuss

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” Marian Wright Edelman .

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”  Kofi Annan.

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” Henry Ford.

“Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.”  Ron Lewis

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” Will Durant.

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”  Jiddu Krishnamurti .

“Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.”  P. J. Abdul Kalam.

“Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.”  Sir Anthony Seldon.

“No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.”  Brad Henry.

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost.

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.”  William S. Burroughs

“The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.”  Lindsay Kolowich

“With an education you all have everything you need to rise above all of the noise and fulfil every last one of your dreams.”  Michelle Obama.

“Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.” Shakuntala Devi

“The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.”  Jean Piaget.

“Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.”  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.” Charles B. Rangel.

“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.” Jim Rohn.

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” George Lorimer.

“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Abraham Lincoln.

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”  Rabindranath Tagore

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”  Chanakya.

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.”  Helen Keller

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”   Malcolm X

“There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” Mahatma Gandhi.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison.

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” Confucius.

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”  Benjamin Disraeli.

“Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.”  Maria Montessori.

“Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.”  William Glasser

“Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.”  Ed Markey

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60+ Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Education

At times we all need something to get us through the day, as teachers that tends to happen when the coffee machine has broken down. Try these quotes in case of such an emergency!

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” Albert Einstein

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.“ Steve Irwin

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.“ Maimonides

„Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.“ Malcolm X

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.“ Albert Einstein

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.“ G.K. Chesterton

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.“ Buckminster Fuller

“The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.“ Leo Buscaglia

“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.“ Jean Piaget

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.“ Victor Hugo

“I’ve learned… that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.“ Andy Rooney

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.“ Chinese proverb

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.“ B.B. King

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.“ John Dewey

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.“ Martin Luther King, Jr

“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.“ Anatole France

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.“ Kofi Annan

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.“ Will Durant

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” Zig Ziglar

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Tom Bodett

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” Zig Ziglar

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Henry B Adams

“Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” Hebrew proverb

“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Alfred Mercier

“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin

“The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” Alexandra K. Trenfor

“Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” Lady Bird Johnson

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” Jim Rohn

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming.” Goethe

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” Plato

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg — not by smashing it.” Arnold Glasow

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark Twain

“Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” Abraham Lincoln

“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” John Keats

“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” Michel Legrand

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited. Plutarch:

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.   Bruce Lee

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward

Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring. Sidney J. Harris

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. Gail Godwin

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. Albert Einstein

The teacher’s task is to initiate the learning process and then get out of the way. John Warren

The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. William James

Teachers are people who start things they never see finished, and for which they never get thanks until it is too late. Max Forman

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask which he finds it hard to answer. Alice Wellington Rollins

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. Haim Ginott

One of the beauties of teaching is that there is no limit to one’s growth as a teacher, just as there is no knowing beforehand how much your students can learn. Herbert Kohl

Education is much more than a matter of imparting the knowledge and skills by which narrow goals are achieved. It is also about opening the child’s eyes to the needs and rights of others. Dalai Lama

No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson

When the untapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds. Mary Hatwood Futrell

The work of a teacher — exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic, never twice the same — is at its heart an ethical enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations. William Ayres

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. Helen Caldicott

At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems — the answer for all the problems of the world — comes to a single word. That word is education. Lyndon B. Johnson

Teaching is the essential profession, the one that makes all professions possible. David Haselkorn

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? Cicero

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching? Harriet Martineau

“Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  (Anonymous)

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Some kids don’t see the value of education – yet. As parents and educators, it is our job to make sure that they take the right path and hopefully have a successful life. Education is can define a person’s character and future. More so, quality education can make a lasting change and impact on society.

We decided to compile 70+ of the best education quotes by famous and important people in history. We included education quotes especially for children and women too. We hope that these wise sayings will inspire and motivate you and your child to live a life of learning.

Children’s Education Quotes

These inspirational quotes on children’s education will help foster their love of learning.

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” ― Plato

“[Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” ― Jim Henson

 “Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” ― Aristotle

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead

“We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” Chinese proverb

“Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” ― Anton Chekhov

“Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.” ― Steven Spielberg

“Learning is the key to success in life and there is no limit to skills children can acquire.”

“The future starts with the next generation. With education, we are empowering our youth and deciding what kind of world they will live in.”

Women Education Quotes

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ― Malala Yousafzai

“Education is very important. The more education a woman has the more she is looked down upon. Nothing comes easy for a woman, and that is why she is tough. She has to earn everything she works hard for—that’s fine, and honestly, it isn’t an issue. Hard work grooms a woman to be a powerful force.” ― Charlena E. Jackson

“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.” ― Michelle Obama

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young

“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” ― Malala Yousafzai

“If you are in a country that is progressive, the woman is progressive. If you’re in a country that reflects the consciousness toward the importance of education, it’s because the woman is aware of the importance of education. But in every backward country you’ll find the women are backward, and in every country where education is not stressed its because the women don’t have education.” ― Malcolm X

“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.” ― Kavita N. Ramdas

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” ― Virginia Woolf

“Education can never stop! “The more we read, the more we learn. The more we learn, the fuller life seems.” – L.M Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“If girls and women have good education and opportunities to go on in life, they can help to break down the walls of envy and misunderstanding, to give new meaning to culture and history, to establish a sense of personal security for individual men and women, not just a collective security that crushes individuality.” Nelson Mandela

Reading and Books Quotes

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ― Groucho Marx

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.” ― Gustave Flaubert

“Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goes out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.” ― Cicero

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles W. Eliot

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“Reading is the key that unlocks the door of creativity.” – Agatha Christie

“Reading has always been the best form of entertainment. There’s something special about immersing yourself in another world and the characters you meet there.”

Quotes About the Importance of Education

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

“Education is a right, not a privilege; it is an opportunity, not an entitlement.” -Arne Duncan

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. ― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” ― Thomas Paine

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” ― Robert Frost

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” ― C.S. Lewis

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” ― Charlotte Brontë

“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” ― G.K. Chesterton

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” ― Aristotle

“The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.” ― Stanley Fish

“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.” ― Confucius

“It’s a universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.” ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Andy McIntyre

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ― Jim Rohn

“Learning is never easy, but it’s worth every second.”

“”The question is not how will you work if you lose your job; the question is how will you find one if you don’t have an education?” – Tony Bennet

Inspirational Education Quotes

“Invest in knowledge and keep it close to you. The wise store up treasures where moth of rust cannot corrupt them or thieves break in and steal them” – Proverbs 22: 8

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ― Mark Twain

““We are all born with genius, but most of us are squelched, either by our parents, our teachers, our society. We go to great schools but they do not teach us the thing we need to know: how to live.” -Robin Williams

“Education is not the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.” -W.B. Yeats

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” ― Oscar Wilde

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ― Maya Angelou

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” ― Oscar Wilde

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ― Aristotle

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” ― Malcolm X

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein

“The most important single ingredient in any successful educational system is . . . good teachers.”- David Sarnoff

“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” ― Heath L. Buckmaster

“I don’t want to believe. I want to know.” ― Carl Sagan

“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” ― Mark Twain

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.” ― Baruch Spinoza

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.” Carl Rogers

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.” David M. Burns

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” Lloyd Alexander

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John R. Wooden

“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” Abraham Maslow

“Great minds get to learn from other great minds at school”

“If something has deep meaning for you, understand more about it. Teach others what you’ve learnt with”

“Truly, education is the most powerful tool for change we have!⁣”

“When you teach another person, you don’t teach them the subject that is in your head. You instead teach them how to think.” – Susan Sippey

“Education brings great changes in the lives of those who strive the most.” – Karl Potter

“For teachers, knowledge is not a fixed commodity that can be easily transmitted by rote. It is a fluid, complex, and interactive process of exchange.” – Chinua Achebe

Kate is mom of two rambunctious boys and a self-proclaimed super nerd. With a background in neuroscience, she is passionate about sharing her love of all things STEM with her kids. She loves to find creative ways to teach kids computer science and geek out about coding and math.  She has authored several books on coding for kids which can be found at Hachette UK .

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50 Of The Best Education Quotes For Teachers

We’ve curated 50 of the best education quotes from the most compelling teachers and educational leaders in the field.

The Best Education Quotes For Teachers

In addition to teaching, educators play a number of vital roles in students’ lives.

They serve as listeners and leaders, counselors and coaches, disciplinarians and disruptors, mediators and motivators, surrogates and soldiers, entertainers and energizers, and advocates and allies. In a typical day of switching among the ever-evolving list of roles, it is typical for educators to experience stress, burnout, guilt, and deviation from their ultimate purpose.

We hope this curation of quotes from the most compelling teachers and educational leaders in the field can serve as a source of inspiration for educators who need an extra boost at the beginning of each day, and a reminder of the reasons why they stepped bravely into the complex, critical role of guiding children from potential to possibility.

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Why Is Learning Important? 50 Of The Best Quotes About Education The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” — James Baldwin

“Students quickly receive the message that they can only be smart when they are not who they are. This, in many ways, is classroom colonialism, and it can only be addressed through a very different approach to teaching and learning.” — Dr. Christopher Emdin

Culturally relevant teaching is about questioning (and preparing students to question) the structural inequality, the racism, and the injustice that exists in society. The teachers I studied work in opposition to the system that employs them.” — Gloria Ladson-Billings

“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.” — Paulo Freire

“Think of your syllabus as an act of resistance: something to be posted in the streets, handed out at rallies.” — Django Paris

“The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” — Dr. Maria Montessori

“My job as a teacher is not to teach the curriculum or even to just teach the students; it is to seek to understand my kids as completely as possible so that I can purposefully bend the curriculum to meet them.” — Cornelius Minor

“I believe you’ve got to do what’s right, every single day of your life, even if the rest of the crowd isn’t. Teaching is about honor and goodness and mercy. You either live up to the calling of this profession or you don’t, and most likely no one will ever know but you.” — Penny Kittle

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” — Carl Sagan

“Education is not an affair of ‘telling’ and being told, but an active and constructive process.” — John Dewey

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

“When children are engaged, when learning is joyful, those are the lessons that stick. Those are the lessons that are worthwhile and meaningful and hang around.” — Nancie Atwell

“We are all concerned about the future of American education. But as I tell my students, you do not enter the future — you create the future. The future is created through hard work.” — Jaime Escalante

“The passion and beauty and joy of science is that we humans have invented a process to understand the universe in a way that is true for everyone. We are finding universal truths.” — Bill Nye

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass

“We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.” — Mary McLeod Bethune

“I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than to believe, to inquire rather than to affirm.” — Septima Poinsette Clark

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“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” — Sir Ken Robinson

“Where educators are raising and combining their voices, the seeds of positive change have emerged. Collective voice, exercised through the union, is power — the power to drive real change for our kids, families, and communities.” — Randi Weingarten

“A democratic education means that we educate people in a way that ensures they can think independently, that they can use information, knowledge, and technology, among other things, to draw their own conclusions.” — Linda Darling-Hammond

“We cannot understand the relationship between poverty and education without understanding the biases and inequities experienced by people in poverty.” — Paul Gorski

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X

“With guns, you can kill terrorists. With education, you can kill terrorism.” — Malala Yousafzai

“The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning.” — Carl Rogers

“Education helps one cease being intimidated by strange situations.” — Maya Angelou

“A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” — W. E. B. Du Bois

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” — Albert Einstein

“Education can be reduced to this: What are students learning and why? And more importantly, what are they doing with what they’ve learned? These are the questions that should underpin education.” — Terry Heick

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“I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.’” — Toni Morrison

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — W. B. Yeats

“The ability to read, write, and analyze; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in that door and take your seat at that table — all of that starts with education.” — Michelle Obama

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” — Malcolm Forbes

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture, is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvey

“When we look at the educational experiences of many groups marginalized by race, language, or socioeconomics, we see that they often get a ‘watered down’ curriculum that doesn’t require higher order thinking. Consequently, they don’t build the capacity to do higher order thinking on their own. To empower dependent learners and help them become independent learners, the brain needs to be challenged and stretched beyond its comfort zone with cognitive routines and strategy.” — Zaretta Hammond

“Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.” — Anne Sullivan

“The old classroom model simply doesn’t fit our changing needs. It is a fundamentally passive way of learning, while the world requires more and more active processing of information. The old model is based on pushing students together in age-group batches with one-pace-fits-all curricula and hoping they pick up something along the way. It isn’t clear that this was the best model one hundred years ago; it certainly isn’t anymore.” — Sal Khan

“Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be.” — Rita Pierson“To me, the core of social emotional learning is safety. But who gets to be safe? Once we interrogate that, then we realize that not everyone has the privilege or the space to feel safe. And that’s why I do the work that I do, so that some can become everyone.” — Dena Simmons

“There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child can do instead of what they cannot do.” — Temple Grandin

“If someone asks me my real secret, it’s that I love my students, and I believe in their possibilities unconditionally. I see only what they can become.” — Linda Cliatt-Wayman

“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, to be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifetime to build and repair their own confidence.” — Carol Dweck

“Don’t let your schooling interfere with your education.” — Mark Twain

“Let’s concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of lives. If, on the other hand, we have the courage to rise to this challenge to name what’s happening within our inner-city schools, then we also need the courage to be activists and go out and fight like hell to change it.” — Jonathan Kozol

“A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.” — Lev Vygotsky

“The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.” — Jerome Bruner

“The principle goal of education in the school should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” — Jean Piaget

“I am always sorry to hear that such and such a person is going to school to be educated. This is a great mistake. If the person is to get the benefit of what we call education, they must educate themselves, under the direction of the teacher.” — Fanny Jackson Coppin

“May those whose holy task it is, to guide impulsive youth, fail not to cherish in their souls, a reverence for truth; for teachings which the lips impart must have their source within the heart.” — Charlotte Forten Grimke

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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50+ Best Education Quotes & Inspirational Sayings About Learning

Looking for education quotes for inspiration or to remember it's important below are the best quotes about education and learning for you.

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Here are some great quotes about education and learning to consider:

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B. King

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Chinese proverb

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams

He who opens a school door, closes a prison. Victor Hugo

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better. Maya Angelou

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain

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If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. G.K. Chesterton

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. Bill Beattie

By seeking and blundering we learn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. George Santayana

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. Edward Everett

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller

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The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe

A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett

It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time – for we are bound by that – but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time. T.S. Eliot

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

The learning process continues until the day you die. Kirk Douglas

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I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. Steve Irwin

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France

Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. David M. Burns

What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul. Joseph Addison

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They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai

Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia

People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong. Bill Vaughan

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Albert Einstein

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Maya Angelou

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The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change. Carl Rogers

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. Mark Twain

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. Lloyd Alexander

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Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Peter Brougham

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety. Abraham Maslow

To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert

That’s kind of how the Feynman learning system works!

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Kofi Annan

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. Clay P. Bedford

What we learn with pleasure we never forget. Alfred Mercier

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. Jim Rohn

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12 Motivational Education Quotes to Inspire You

By Kendall Bird on 10/18/2012

It takes someone special to be an educator; a person who cares for others, and aims to help students grow to their fullest potential. The best teachers are capable, dedicated and hardworking, along with having an interest in making a substantial difference in the future of children.

Deciding to study early childhood education is a unique calling and career, but where do you find your motivation? In today’s world, inspiration takes many forms and has many different sources. To help you stay inspired, we chose 12 motivational education quotes from past educators, lawmakers and historical figures to do just that.

Whether you are seeking inspiration or just looking for a pick-me-up during the day, we hope these quotes about education encourage and inspire your work in early childhood education. Remember, quotes are not only a powerful way to showcase how you feel, but also a way to convey a message to many.

Share your inspiration with friends, fellow students and co-workers on social media too! Pin them to your Pinterest board and share them via Facebook .

12 Motivational quotes about education

1. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. -Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa and political activist

2.Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. - Martin Luther King Jr., clergyman, activist and leader of the American civil rights movement

3. Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world. - Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator

4. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. - C.S. Lewis, novelist, poet, literary critic, essayist and Christian apologist

5. What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child that must the community want for all its children. - John Dewey, U.S. philosopher and educator

6. Try not to have a good time ... this is supposed to be educational. - Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist

7. Wisdom begins with wonder. - Socrates, Greek philosopher

8.For children, play is as natural as breathing—and as necessary. - Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld, U.S. early childhood educator and author

9. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. -Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company

10. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation. - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

11. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglass, American social reformer, writer and statesman

12. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. - Henry Adams, journalist, historian and novelist

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55 Motivational Quotes For Students

Reignite your passion for learning and education with these inspiring quotes

These quotes for students will remind them of the value of their education and help them envision a bright future ahead, even when they have trouble getting motivated or struggle with setbacks. Great thinkers, leaders, and writers all have incredible things to say about education and learning in this round-up of inspiring quotes for students. Whether you're a teacher or parent hoping to encourage students at home, or an academic looking for moving words to get your kids through the school year, there's something for everyone in this collection of motivational quotes for students.

Quotes About The Value Of Reading

• "The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them." —Mark Twain
• "The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you'll go." —Dr. Seuss
• "Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader." —Anonymous
• “Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” —Jim Rohn
• “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest of the past centuries.” —Rene Descartes
• "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." —Margaret Fuller
• "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." —Frederick Douglass
• "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." —Joseph Addison

Quotes About The Value Of Education

• "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." —B.B. King
• "He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." — Chinese Proverb
• "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited." —Plutarch
• "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." —Andy McIntyre
• "He who opens a school door, closes a prison." —Victor Hugo
• "A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions." —Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Quotes About Learning From Challenges (Growth Mindset)

• "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." —Albert Einstein
• "Learning is never done without errors and defeat." —Vladimir Lenin
• "Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game." —Babe Ruth
• "The expert in anything was once a beginner." —Helen Hayes
• "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." —Beverly Stills
• "Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." —John Wooden
• “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” —Japanese proverb
• “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan
• "Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." —W. Clement Stone

Quotes About Putting In The Work

• "Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder." —Mason Cooley
• "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." —Zig Ziglar
• "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." —Walt Disney
• "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." —Jim Ryun
• "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated." —R Collier
• "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." —Arthur Ashe
• "Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself." —Chinese Proverb
• “Genius is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration.” —Thomas Edison
• “A little progress each day adds up to big results.” —Satya Nani
• "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." —Confucius
• "There is no substitute for hard work." —Thomas Edison
• "Procrastination is the thief of time." —Edward Young
• "There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs." —Zig Ziglar
• "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." —Vince Lombardi

Quotes About A Brighter Future

• "The best way to predict your future is to create it." —Abraham Lincoln
• "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ―Eleanor Roosevelt
• "Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." —Albert Einstein
• "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." —B.B. King
• "In a world where you can be anything, be kind." — Jennifer Dukes Lee
• “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm X
• "I think it's possible to ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary." —Elon Musk
• "None of us is as smart as all of us." —Ken Blanchard
• “Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.” —Minor Myers Jur
• "You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." —Martin Luther King Jr.

Quotes Of Encouragement

• "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." —A. A. Milne
• “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” —Dalai Lama
• “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” —Anne Frank
• “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” —Milton Berle
• “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” —Gail Devers
• “To be an overachiever you have to be an over-believer.” —Dabo Swinney
• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” —Nelson Mandela

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