Education Quotes

"The work of learning is unfinished"

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled"

"A library without diversity of thought is merely a monument to narrow minds."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the only pursuit that never leads to disillusionment."

"In teaching others, we discover what we do not yet know about our own knowledge."

"To map the physical world is to prepare the mind to map the world of ideas."

"The greatest medicine of all is teaching people not to need it."

"Wherefore, if one is to think and speak as a sensible person, these fundamental principles must be understood from the very first."

"Cowards and madmen are made by rearing, not by nature."

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

"The crowd does not give judgement of such importance as a man that has been trained."

"Precision in astronomy teaches precision in all endeavors of life."

"The universe speaks in the language of numbers; learn that language or remain silent."

"No one can teach well what they do not understand deeply."

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings; so shall you gain easily what others have labored hard for."

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

"The greatest teacher is experience, not words."

"To teach well is to inspire the student to teach himself."

"Example is the best teacher."

"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and acting done by fools."

"The mediocre teacher tells; the good teacher explains; the superior teacher demonstrates; the great teacher inspires."

"The wise man does not give the right answer, but asks the right question."

"The greatest monument to a man is not what he builds, but what he teaches."

"The greatest teacher is love itself."

"The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education."

"In the arena of human life, it is points scored between the third and fourteenth year that counts."

"There is no greater poverty than ignorance."

"A man's own observation, what he comes to discover himself, is far better than any instruction."

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

"The best teachers inspire students to think, not merely to memorize."