Education Quotes

"Unless women are educated to become the companions of men, they will stop the progress of knowledge and virtue."

"The most refined education will not make a woman virtuous if she has not learned to think for herself."

"Female education should make women better friends, better mothers, better citizens."

"The most rude and savage of mankind, if caught young, can be civilized by proper education."

"Education is the foundation of all virtue."

"Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world."

"Education without experience is merely theory; experience without education is folly."

"Study is the business of age."

"The finest education comes from experience."

"Education is the light of life."

"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished."

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

"Learning never stops for the wise."

"Knowledge is the only true religion."

"Education is the light that dispels the shadows of ignorance."

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

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

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

"The pursuit of knowledge is never-ending."

"The greatest teacher is failure."

"To learn is to become."

"Knowledge without practice is useless, and practice without knowledge is dangerous."

"The mark of an educated man is the ability to think for himself."

"The cultivation of the mind is the noblest of pursuits."

"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished."

"Poverty may be productive of knowledge, but knowledge should not be productive of poverty."

"Knowledge applied is wisdom achieved."

"If women are to be excluded from active life, they should not be educated as if they were to take an active part in it."

"Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper, outward obedience, and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of propriety, will obtain for them the protection of man."