Education Quotes

"The best education comes from people, not from books alone."

"The establishment fears informed citizens more than anything else."

"Education is the foundation of a democratic society."

"The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade."

"A childhood without books is like a life without books - incomplete and unnecessarily impoverished."

"The secret of American education has always been our willingness to educate the children of our enemies."

"In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired."

"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."

"We must never stop asking questions."

"Education is the path to freedom."

"The greatest gift we can give our children is an education."

"Education opens doors that money cannot."

"Education is the only investment that can't be taken away."

"Education is the foundation of a free society."

"The best education comes from experience, not textbooks."

"Listen, really listen, to what children tell you."

"Our task is to help each person become all that he or she can possibly become."

"It's the children that we need to reach."

"I'm not trying to make you happy. I'm trying to make you aware."

"The child is naturally curious. We don't have to push children to learn."

"I think growing up means that things that were read to us at a young age or told to us at a young age, start to percolate in how we think about life."

"The most powerful force in human society is informed citizenry."

"To teach is to transform how someone sees the world."

"The greatest achievement of education is not filling minds with facts, but teaching them how to think."

"Education should teach us not what to think, but how to think for ourselves."

"The greatest lesson is learning that everyone is just doing their best."

"You learn more from failure than from any textbook ever written."

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

"Education is the most democratic of institutions. It is how we change the world."

"I believe that reading is important, no matter what you read."