Education Quotes

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."

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

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

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

"Education from six-year-old to 14 is compulsory in Nigeria, but the simple fact is that a lack of resources, coupled with peoples' inability to afford books and uniforms mean the reality for millions of Nigerian children is a life without education. -Jay"

"Education should learn from the positive side of gaming - reward, accomplishment, and fun."

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."

"Good questions outrank easy answers."

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

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."

"The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so."

"Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports."

"Family business management is a discipline that has evolved from an art into a science. The market for this line of education has been created by the growing recognition of family-run companies that shareholders are demanding greater clarity on issues ranging from succession to the management of wealth and the distribution of profits."

"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."

"Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two."

"I taught myself algebra and a little grammar, and somehow I scraped a high enough score on the ACT to be admitted to Brigham Young University, even though I had no formal education."

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

"Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn."

"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."

"College education is the great Filipino dream. But in a world of rapid technological change, getting a job or keeping it depends as much on how well one reasons as how well one uses his hands."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward."

"Education is all a matter of building bridges."

"Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master."

"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home."

"Nine tenths of education is encouragement."

"A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching."

"An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind."

"I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age."