Education - Quotes & Sayings
Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
W. E. B. Du BoisThe purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamIt turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.
William J. ClintonEducation is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Kofi AnnanTo educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Theodore RooseveltEducation is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
AristotleThere is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing - that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world - is what I wish for all.
Fidel CastroHe who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Victor HugoIntellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
Albert EinsteinResearch shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.
Bill GatesIf a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
PlatoIf a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Francis BaconCauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark TwainReal 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.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamEducation is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
Marian Wright EdelmanEducation begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
John LockeThe goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
John F. KennedyI no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.
Bob MarleyAll real education is the architecture of the soul.
William BennettEducation is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.
Brad HenryThe foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
DiogenesEducation is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
Joseph StalinThrough my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.
Michelle ObamaHe that loves reading has everything within his reach.
William GodwinAccess to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.
Kent ConradEducation is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Daniel J. BoorstinMen are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Bertrand RussellIt is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Albert EinsteinUntil we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.
Sonia SotomayorNo 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 HenryReal 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 ChavezIf I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
Galileo GalileiEducation promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
Ban Ki-moonMy dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
Al PacinoThe cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.
Bernie SandersDemocracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe 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 PiagetTo defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.
Jonathan SacksDon't let schooling interfere with your education.
Mark TwainEducation, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
John DeweyOur future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
Julia GillardIllegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.
Timothy MurphyTraining is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark TwainA library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.
Norman CousinsThe arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education.
Ken RobinsonIf you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
Frank ZappaI believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
Steve IrwinI think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.
Phil MickelsonThe only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
Carl Rogers