Education Quotes

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

"In the long run, a man only learns from his own mistakes and those of others."

"A nation's future is determined by the character of its youth."

"The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity."

"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."

"There is no education like adversity."

"No one's idea of how he is to conduct himself is good for anything until he forms it for himself."

"A cultivated mind—I do not say a learned one, but a cultivated one—can alone be perfectly free."

"Individuality is the same thing with development; it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well-developed human beings."

"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence."

"Youth is the seed of the future; invest in it wisely."

"The educated man is dangerous only when he lacks virtue."

"Education transforms slaves into citizens and subjects into free men."

"To educate is to liberate the human spirit from ignorance."

"Education is the foundation of a free society."

"The greatest teacher is necessity."

"I believe that education should free the mind, not imprison it."

"To acknowledge one's ignorance is the beginning of true learning."

"I believe that every person deserves the opportunity to improve themselves."

"Education is the foundation of civilization."

"The secret of freedom lies in education."

"I formed my character through years of reading and meditation."

"Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world."

"It requires thirty years to educate a citizen."

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"If you want to control the character of a nation, you must control its education."

"Civilization is not inherited; it must be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"Education is what remains when we have forgotten everything we learned."

"We must break the chains of ignorance before we can break the chains of tyranny."

"The pen is mightier than the blade because it strikes at the root of tyranny: ignorance."