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Whether you’re a teacher or a student, a new school year is an exciting time. These education quotes will get you ready to enjoy teaching and learning anytime.

School pushes us out of our comfort zone, teaches us to dream big, and encourages us to achieve our potential.

In celebration of all the amazing things that education, we’ve put together a list of the best quotes about school, learning, and teaching.

So whether you’re a parent, student, or teacher – we’ve got you covered as you get ready for another year of school.

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Top 10 Education Quotes

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Socrates

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

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. Oprah Winfrey

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration . Bill Frist

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Herbert Spencer

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

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. Edward Everett 

Quotes about Education

Whether you’re at the beginning of a new year or semester of learning, or aren’t quite sure where your knowledge will take you next – look no further than these inspiring education quotes.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking. Ernest Dimnet

Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes

Only the educated are free. Epictetus

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things. Plato

It is clearly absurd to limit the term ‘education’ to a person’s formal schooling. Murray N. Rothbard

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. Martin Fisher

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life. Shakuntala Devi

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. Stephen Hawking

Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. George Carlin

Even the genius asks questions. Tupac Shakur

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Carl Rogers

Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Willing is not enough; We must do. Bruce Lee

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C.S. Lewis

Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein

Development is a series of rebirths. Maria Montessori

What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. Buddha

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Kofi Annan

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. Mark Twain

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. Sir Claus Moser

Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle

They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. Muriel Spark

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. Marian Wright Edelman

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller

Learning Quotes

Live as if you will die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

The learning process continues until the day you die. Kirk Douglas

The doer alone learneth. Friedrich Nietzsche

I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln

Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first. Ray Congdon

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are. Wendell Berry

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. Voltaire

Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival. Dr. W. Edwards Deming

Yesterday I was clever, so I changed the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go! Dr. Seuss

Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work. William Crawford

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese Proverb

The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you. B.B. King

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. Lloyd Alexander

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to close it again on something solid. G.K. Chesterton

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Henry Ford

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. Thomas Szasz

Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. Harry S. Truman

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. Claude Bernard

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. Vernon Howard

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin

A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world. Eric Hoffer

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. Anthony J. D’Angelo

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. Claude Bernard

Be curious, not judgmental. Walt Whitman

I’m still learning. Michelangelo

The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know. Michel Legrand

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle

Do these learning quotes have you ready for more knowledge? See our list of 8 Essential Books for Graduate Students and keep learning at the highest level.

School Quotes

A new desk, a handful of freshly sharpened pencils, the first page of a new workbook… there are no days quite like school days!

From Kindergarten to college, celebrate all stages of education and their role in shaping our futures with these great school quotes.

In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett

The pathway to educational excellence lies within each school. Terrance Deal

We don’t stop going to school when we graduate . Carol Burnett

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work. Richard Livingstone

What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education. Harold Howe

School made us ‘literate’ but did not teach us to read for pleasure. Ambeth Ocampo

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. E.M. Forster

In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk. Robert T. Kiosaki

The human mind is our fundamental resource. John F. Kennedy

Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted. Dr. Seuss

What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning. Chuck Grassley

Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing. Madeline Hunter

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. Agnes Repplierg

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. Og Mandino

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

School is a place that provides education, and education is the key to life. Unknown

When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling. John Taylor Gatto

I’m not going to school just for the academics – I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning. Emma Watson

School prepares you for the real world… which also bites. Jim Benton

There’s no use going to school unless your final destination is the library. Ray Bradbury

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book for everything. Robert Frost

Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way. George Evans

They spent the first three years of school getting you to pretend stuff and then the rest of it marking you down if you did the same thing.Margaret Atwood

Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others. Roy T. Bennett

The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. Naval Ravikant

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. Stanley Kubrick

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley

You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year. Henry Ford

Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else. James E. Faust

You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun. Josephine Baker

Education begins at home . You can’t blame the school for not putting into your child what you don’t put into him. Geoffrey Holder

Teaching Quotes

Teachers have the amazing power of being able to inspire young minds.

Celebrate those who help children and young people achieve their potential with these quotes about teachers and teaching.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. Lily Tomlin

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage . A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential. John C. Maxwell

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world. Malala Yousafzai

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience’s attention, then he can teach his lesson. John Henrik Clarke

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Cicero

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C.S. Lewis

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun

A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn. Ruth Beechick

Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners. John Holt

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Alexander the Great

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known. Frank Herbert

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor

Education is too important to be left solely to educators. Francis Keppel

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge. Brad Sherman

The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves. Joseph Campbell

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. Solomon Ortiz

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. Thomas Carruthers

We hope you’re feeling inspired and excited to go back to school!

Enjoy these education quotes and quotes on teaching and learning anytime you need some extra schooling for your mind. Let us know your favorite below!

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This is the best quote for education The quote which i love in this list is “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

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35 Inspiring Quotes About Education Short Enough for Lunchbox Notes

Wise words for students of any age and lifelong learners too

With fall in full swing and everyone settled into a back-to-school routine—and that mile-long school supplies list just a distant memory—you may be running on auto-pilot as we head into the chaos of the holiday season. Still, we can all agree that the opportunity to learn and grow through education is an incredible season of life, even with all the busyness life throws at us. And hopefully, with the right amount of curiosity and drive, a season that lasts a lifetime. That's why these inspiring quotes about education come at just the right time. Here, you'll find wisdom passed down from well-known authors, famous intellectuals, and culture makers throughout history about the benefits of learning in all its forms. Bookmark these thoughts for when you need something to motivate you to hit the books, or pick one for a back-to-school Instagram caption down the road.

Do you have a favorite educator? One of the best teacher gifts you can give is letting them know how much they've inspired your journey, so share one of these quotes with them in a thank-you note or message. If you don't find the perfect words here, we have a great list of best teacher quotes too.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.”

Albert Einstein

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

Alvin Toffler

“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”

Andy McIntyre

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

Maya Angelou

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”

Carl Rogers

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

Dorothy Parker

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

Benjamin Franklin

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

Lee Iacocca

“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.”

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”

Chinese Proverb

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

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100 Education Quotes That Will Inspire You To Keep Growing

By Maxime Lagacé

Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page .

Education is vital.

You without education:

• More likely to become poor
• More likely to have diseases
• More likely to commit crimes

You with education:

• More likely to be happy
• More likely to make more money
• More likely to live longer

So, what’s the key to a better future?

Inspired by this, I have compiled 100 of the best education quotes I could find.

To inspire you and make you realize the value of proper education.

You’ll discover quotes by Einstein, Budha, Lao Tzu, and more.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. Francis Bacon

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. Bruce Lee

A dull mind gets bored easily. A curious mind expands forever. Maxime Lagacé

Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein ( This source says it’s probably not from Einstein)

A generation of auto-didacts, educated by the Internet and leveraged by technology, will eventually starve the industrial-education system. Naval Ravikant

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead

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

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. Bob Talber

Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. Jim Henson

A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero

The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice. James Clear

The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller

Only the autodidacts are free. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

They know enough who know how to learn. Henry Adams

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The Best Education Quotes

The more you make it easy for your kids, the more you remove the struggle necessary for learning. Maxime Lagacé

A mind is a terrible thing to waste. United Negro College Fund

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. Chinese proverb

The giving of love is an education in itself. Eleanor Roosevelt

Lasting novels don’t come from literature departments. Successful businesses don’t come from business schools. Scientific revolutions don’t come from research universities. Get your education, then get moving. Find the loners tinkering at the edge . Naval Ravikant

Podcasts are free. Twitter is free. Wikipedia is free. YouTube is free. We are living in a golden age of self-education. Brian Feroldi ( Source )

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. John Dewey

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Free education is abundant, all over the Internet. It’s the desire to learn that’s scarce. Naval Ravikant

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. Socrates

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley

Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival. W. Edwards Deming

Education begins the gentleman, but reading , good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke

Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. Jim Rohn

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Bill Nye (upworthy.com)

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The learned man knows that he is ignorant. Victor Hugo

I am still learning. Michelangelo

Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. Albert Einstein

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

You can never be overdressed or overeducated. Oscar Wilde

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. James Dewar

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. B. B. King

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. Augustine of Hippo

I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln

My education was interrupted only by my schooling. Winston Churchill

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. Antisthenes

As long as you live, keep learning how to live. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Short Education Quotes

Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France

Responsibility educates. Wendell Phillips

A sign of good education: students don’t feel entitled. Maxime Lagacé

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre

The world exists for the education of each man. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Even a fool learns something once it hits him. Homer

Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus

Success is a poor teacher. Robert Kiyosaki

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

There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Chinese proverb

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou

Inspirational Education Quotes

If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. Ludwig Wittgenstein

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. Nora Roberts

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino

When anything can be learned online, the barrier to education is simply motivation, curiosity, and persistence. Anthony Pompliano ( Source )

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt

The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness . It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. Naval Ravikant (Naval referred to the Internet and social medias like Twitter and LinkedIn)

Education is supposed to juice your curiosity, not diminish or sate it. Walter Isaacson

Every person with a smartphone and a pair of headphones has access to the kind of education that was once reserved for the sons of aristocracy. The Stoic Emperor

Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be. Rita Pierson

They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Aristotle

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen. Lee Iacocca

Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Jean Piaget

Funny And Surprising Education Sayings

You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day. Jay Mohr

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones

Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don’t have the top for. Jerry Seinfeld

Any kid will run any errand for you if you ask at bedtime. Red Skelton

The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn’t stop until you get to school. Milton Berle 😂

Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Mark Twain

When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble. Mark Twain

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. Steven Wright

Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students. Robin Williams

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education Proverbs For Value-Packed Wisdom

When the student is ready, the master appears. Buddhist proverb

If a seed of a lettuce will not grow, we do not blame the lettuce. Instead, the fault lies with us for not having nourished the seed properly. Buddhist proverb

Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. Zen proverb

A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study. Chinese proverb

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese proverb

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand. Chinese proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese proverb

Wise men may not be learned; learned men may not be wise. Chinese proverb

A stumble may prevent a fall. English proverb

Despise school and remain a fool. German proverb

All things good to know are difficult to learn. Greek proverb

An apprentice near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught. Japanese proverb

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. Japanese proverb

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand. Latin proverb

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. Martin H. Fischer

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. Eartha Kitt

Key Takeaways

• Want a great education? Never get bored asking questions.
• Want a great way to learn? Play! Don’t be so serious.
• Want to go far in life? Be an autodidact. You can learn anything on the Internet.
• Remember: answers are good, but questions are better.
• To know is good. To know what’s worth knowing is better.

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90 Inspirational and Powerful Education Quotes

Education is perhaps one of the most important ingredients to a happy, successful, and constructive life. In fact, having access to a good education during childhood and your early adulthood can make a real difference in your later life. However, not all education systems are equally good. It is saddening to see how miserable and uninterested teachers (or even entirely corrupted systems) do nothing but close the minds of young children. No matter if you’re a teacher seeking to reignite your passion for teaching or a student struggling with subjects that are far from reality, quotes about education can help you to quickly re-inspire your passion for education. Therefore, you can find a collection of powerfully inspirational education quotes in the following. Enjoy these beautiful and magnificent quotes about education.

In the ideal case, education and educators inspire pupils and students to open and expand their minds. Even more importantly, a good education system skillfully prepares the young children for life. Yet, math, biology, and physics alone won’t prepare you for the challenges of life.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

In many cases, however, education is far from what it should actually be. Instead, it is nothing but soul crushing to young spirits.

In the following, you can find our collection of education quotes.

Still, there are many exceptional teachers who wholeheartedly have the best interest of their pupils and students in mind. These are to teachers who encourage their students to think for themselves and to become independent and responsible individuals. Even more so, such teachers may even encourage you to pursue your dreams instead of telling you how unrealistic they are. In the ideal case, these are the exceptional individuals that convince you that you can accomplish all your dreams – if you are willing to do whatever it takes.

What is so amazingly powerful about education quotes is that they stem from the hands of some of the wisest and most brilliant individuals that have ever walked on earth. As such, the following quotes about education are packed with wife lessons and inspiring wisdom. Not only will such quotes make you think deeply about education but they will also motivate you to continue the process of learning something new each day.

Let’s have a look at these fantastic education quotes:

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.“ Steve Irwin

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.“ Marian Wright Edelman

“Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.“ Mark Twain

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.“ Benjamin Franklin

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.“ Maimonides

“Real 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 Chavez

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.“ Albert Einstein

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.“ Malcolm Forbes

“Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life.“ W. E. B. Du Bois

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.“ Jim Rohn

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” Epictetus

„Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.“ Malcolm X

“Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.“ Leonardo da Vinci

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.“ Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.“ Albert Einstein

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.“ Clay P. Bedford

“To teach is to learn twice.“ Joseph Joubert

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.“ G.K. Chesterton

“Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.“ William Haley

“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven.“ Edward De Bono

“No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.“ G.K. Chesterton

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.“ Buckminster Fuller

“A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.“ Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.“ David M. Burns

“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.“ Peter Drucker

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.“ Chanakya

“You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.“ Josephine Baker

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

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.“ C. S. Lewis

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.“ Francis Bacon

“One thing that education can do is it can provide us with an opportunity to understand one another better, and so while I’ve spent a lot of my time in the world of politics, I’ve always felt that it is really not politics that will solve this for us.“ Condoleezza Rice

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.“ Theodore Roosevelt

“No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.“ Bobby Scott

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.“ Calvin Coolidge

“The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.“ Leo Buscaglia

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.“ John Locke

“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.“ Jean Piaget

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.“ Herbert Spencer

“What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.“ Henry David Thoreau

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.“ Plato

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.“ Will Durant

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.“ Victor Hugo

“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.“ John W. Gardner

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.“ James Baldwin

“I’ve learned… that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.“ Andy Rooney

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.“ Gloria Steinem

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.“ Henry B. Adams

“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age.“ Erich Fromm

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.“ Andy McIntyre

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.“ Chinese proverb

“People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.“ Bill Vaughan

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

“Men and women must be educated, to a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.“ Mary Wollstonecraft

“The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new – and sometimes unexpected – directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations. A liberal arts education is designed to equip students for just such flexibility and imagination.“ Drew Gilpin Faust

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.“ Anthony J. D’Angelo

“Education is all a matter of building bridges.“ Ralph Ellison

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.“ John Dewey

“The mere imparting of information is not education.“ Carter G. Woodson

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.“ Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.“ Solomon Ortiz

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.“ B. F. Skinner

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.“ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.“ Aristotle

“It is, in fact, a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time – for we are bound by that – but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time.“ T.S. Eliot

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming.“ Goethe  

“Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.“ Peter Brougham

“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.“ Anatole France

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.“ Tom Bodett

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.“ Albert Schweitzer

“You can’t legislate good will – that comes through education.“ Malcolm X

“The highest result of education is tolerance.“ Helen Keller

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn… and change.“ Carl Rogers

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.“ Ben Franklin

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.“ Bill Beattie

“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.“ George Santayana

“What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul.“ Joseph Addison

“It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.“ Harvey S. Firestone

“All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.“ Malala Yousafzai

“Change is the end result of all true learning.“ Leo Buscaglia

“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.“ John F. Kennedy

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.“ Kofi Annan

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.“ George Washington Carver

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.“ Aristotle

“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.“ Robert G. Ingersoll

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.“ Helen Keller

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.“ Jim Rohn

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.“ Albert Einstein

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.“ Sydney J. Harris

“The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class because they do not realize how little they know.“ William R. Inge

“Your library is your paradise.“ Desiderius Erasmus

“For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.“ Plato

“The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.“ George Eastman

“You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.“ Conrad Hall

I hope you enjoyed reading this collection of education quotes.

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Thanks for this collection, it’s pretty helpful.

Hi Steve, Education not only teaches what is in the books, it helps in evolving a person into a much wiser and better human being. Great Post! Thanks for posting!

most of the quotes are evergreen and will continue to inspire students and academicians

Thank you Steve very helpful. Candice

I think it can convince everyone of the importance of learning! I fully agree with the main idea that knowledge is power.

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50 Quotes About Education Every Student Should Read

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Well, the main reason why is that they are both educational and inspirational.

Here is the list of the most telling quotes about education which every student should read.

Some of them are definitely familiar while others may be totally new to you.

Quotes about education you’ve definitely heard before

The first citation is by Benjamin Franklin and it goes like this:

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

This quotation describes the necessity to acquire knowledge in the best way possible.

A lot of people like to cite it to highlight the importance of learning something new every day.

The more knowledge you have acquired, the more areas you can become an expert in, and the earlier you understand it, the faster you will realize why it is so vital to study hard when you are in college.

The second statement to mention is the following one:

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious”.

Albert Einstein said this phrase, but you probably know it all to well from your physics teacher.

Whenever you come across this quote, you remember how significant it is to stay curious about the things that surround us and about the world we live in.

This is what drives us to move forward and achieve our goals.

The next statement is one of the most inspirational quotes of all time, and it has a lot to do with teaching.

The author of the citation is William S. Burroughs and it goes like this:

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.”

The main task of a teacher at any school or university is to provide their student with a set of values.

Memorizing facts is easy.

Anyone can do it.

Learning is not merely about getting good grades and passing tests.

It is about the ability of a person to process what they have learned and to come up with their own conclusions.

Quotes you may be unfamiliar with

Perhaps, you have come across the following citation on your own or have discussed it as a part of your school curriculum but this statement by Thomas Jefferson is not quoted as often it it should be:

“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.”

In other words, getting education is the road to logic and reason that help us deal with ignorance or even aggression.

To develop as a society, we need to be educated. The final citation to mention is the one by Francis Bacon:

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”

This quotation highlights the importance of traveling and seeing the world no matter how old you are.

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Here are 45 more great quotes on education. Enjoy!

“The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” Confucius.

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” Lloyd Alexander

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”  John Wooden

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potentials. ”  John Maxwell

“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Seuss

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Anthony J.1 D’Angelo  

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Albert Einstein.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ” Nelson Mandela

“Strive for Progress, Not perfection.” Unknown

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” Seuss

“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” Marian Wright Edelman .

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”  Kofi Annan.

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” Henry Ford.

“Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.”  Ron Lewis

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” Will Durant.

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”  Jiddu Krishnamurti .

“Real 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.”  P. J. Abdul Kalam.

“Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.”  Sir Anthony Seldon.

“No 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 Henry.

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost.

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.”  William S. Burroughs

“The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.”  Lindsay Kolowich

“With an education you all have everything you need to rise above all of the noise and fulfil every last one of your dreams.”  Michelle Obama.

“Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.” Shakuntala Devi

“The 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 Piaget.

“Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.”  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.” Charles B. Rangel.

“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.” Jim Rohn.

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” George Lorimer.

“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Abraham Lincoln.

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”  Rabindranath Tagore

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”  Chanakya.

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.”  Helen Keller

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”   Malcolm X

“There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” Mahatma Gandhi.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison.

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” Confucius.

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.”  Benjamin Disraeli.

“Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.”  Maria Montessori.

“Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.”  William Glasser

“Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.”  Ed Markey

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50 Inspirational Education Quotes to Ignite Your Student Journey

Education is a powerful tool that can transform lives, shape futures, and unlock doors to endless possibilities.

Whether you’re a student embarking on your academic journey or a lifelong learner seeking wisdom, the wisdom encapsulated in education quotes can inspire, motivate, and provide guidance.

In this collection, we’ve gathered 50 remarkable education quotes that will not only resonate with students but also serve as beacons of light on your educational path.

Let’s dive into this treasure trove of wisdom.

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

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

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.  John Dewey

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.  Carl Rogers

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.  Dr. Seuss

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.  Benjamin Franklin

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.  William Butler Yeats

Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.  Nora Ephron

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.  Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.  Malcolm X

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.  Mahatma Gandhi

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.  Steve Jobs

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.  Albert Einstein

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.  Lao Tzu

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.  John Wooden

Learning never exhausts the mind.  Leonardo da Vinci

Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.  Malcolm Forbes

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

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.  Winston Churchill

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.  Brian Herbert

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.  Dr. Seuss

The expert in anything was once a beginner.  Helen Hayes

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.  B.B. King

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.  Shakuntala Devi

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.  Franklin D. Roosevelt

In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn.  Phil Collins

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.  Oprah Winfrey

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.  Chinese Proverb

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.  John D. Rockefeller

Education is not something you can finish.  Isaac Asimov

A good education is a foundation for a better future.  Elizabeth Warren

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.  Eartha Kitt

The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.  Aristotle

Education is the movement from darkness to light.  Allan Bloom

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.  Leonardo da Vinci

Change is the end result of all true learning.  Leo Buscaglia

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Education is a lifelong journey, and these 50 inspirational quotes are your companions along the way.

Whether you’re a student, a teacher, or simply someone passionate about learning , these words of wisdom remind us that education is not just about acquiring knowledge; it’s about growth, empowerment, and the pursuit of dreams.

Let these quotes serve as your guiding light as you continue your educational adventure, and may they inspire you to reach new heights of understanding and achievement.

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126 Inspirational Education Quotes for Students & Teachers

These inspiring educational quotes will show students, teachers and parents the power of learning. Wether you’re looking to motivate kids or young adults in the classroom, or other teachers and colleagues, this is the wisdom they need to thrive and be their very best version of themselves.

Also make sure to see these inspirational quotes for kids (if you’re looking to inspire and motivate the next generation).

Education Quotes

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.” – Malala Yousafzai

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch

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“Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley

“Education without application is just entertainment.” – Tim Sanders

“Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” – Mark Twain

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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin

“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” – Francis Bacon

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.” – Chanakya

“A good education is a foundation for a better future.” – Elizabeth Warren

“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” – Mark Twain

“You learn something every day if you pay attention.” – Ray LeBlond

“School exams are memory tests, in the real world no one is going to stop you from referring to a book to solve a problem.” – Amit Kalantri

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking

“You cannot open a book without learning something.” – Confucius

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” – Chinese Proverb

“The road to freedom –here and everywhere on earth-– begins in the classroom.” – Hubert Humphrey

“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” – Doris Lessing

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker

“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” – Mary McLeod Bethune

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C. S. Lewis

“Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.” – Sir Anthony Seldon

“Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy.” – John Dewey

“All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.” – Denis Waitley

“The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.” – Lindsay Kolowich

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein

“Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.” – Eric Fromm

“Education is the great engine to personal development.” – Nelson Mandela

“Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” – Elin Nordegren

“All of life is a constant education.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle

“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” – Brigham Young

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” – Auguste Rodin

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” – William Burroughs

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb

“You’ll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.” – Julia Child

“Education should not be reading about the past rather it should be about addressing the present.” – Rajesh Walecha

“Take what you learn and make a difference with it.” – Tony Robbins

“A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.” – Horace Mann

“Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.” – Confucius

“Life is an open book test. Learning how to learn is your most valuable skill in the online world.” – Marc Cuban

“Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” – Anatole France

“Intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn.” – Daniel Keyes

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant

“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” – George Evans

“We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.” – Michelle Obama

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre

“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” – Mark Twain

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” – John Wooden

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie

“Education around entrepreneurship should start early, at secondary level, and be very robust by college level.” – Stephen A. Schwarzman

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein

“The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.” – John Dewey

“Only the educated are free.” – Epictetus

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” – Tom Bodett

“When you study great teachers… you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” – William Glasser

“They cannot stop me. I will get my education if it is in the home, school, or any place.” – Malala Yousafzai

“The learned man knows that he is ignorant.” – Victor Hugo

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” – Gloria Steinem

“School is the path, not the point.” – Will Richardson

“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” – Lily Tomlin

“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” – Peter Drucker

“Education is the transmission of civilization.” – Will Durant

“Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later” – Dana Stewart Scott

“Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities.” – Nelson Mandela

“All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.” – David Hawkins

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” – Robert Frost

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.” – Richard Feynman

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” – John Holt

“Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students.” – Robin Williams

“Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire.” – W.B. Yeats

“If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.” – Brad Sherman

“We all know that education, more than anything else, improves your chances of building better lives.” – Nelson Mandela

“I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.” – Ann Brashares

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer

“The learning process continues until the day you die.” – Kirk Douglas

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B.King

“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso

“Education is everything- education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.” – Ciara

“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.” – Epictetus

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.” – Gustave Flaubert

“No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.” – Nelson Mandela

“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” – Martin Fisher

“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” – William Arthur Ward

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey

“All things good to know are difficult to learn.” – Greek proverb

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson

“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

“There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” – Bill Beattie

“To delight in literature is to desire to learn.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Helen Keller

“A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.” – Thomas Carruthers

“The aim of education is the condition of suspended judgment on everything.” – George Santayana

“Let’s recommit to work towards our common goal: a nation where all of us are winners, all of us have shelter, food, and education.” – Nelson Mandela

“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” – Ayn Rand

“No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.” – Nelson Mandela

“I think you learn more if you’re laughing at the same time.” – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” – Will Rogers

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi

“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.” – William James

“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” – Helen Keller

“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.” – Seneca

“Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” – Anton Chekhov

“I am not a teacher, but an awakened.” – Robert Frost

“The most important day of a person’s education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day.” – Harry Wong

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” – Arnold H. Glasgow

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.” – Steve Irwin

“The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” – Confucius

“All men by nature desire to know.” – Aristotle

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about.” – Thomas Huxley

“Reading is the key that unlocks the door of creativity.” – Agatha Christie

“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” – Marvin Minsky

“Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.” – Ernest Dimnet

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” – Isaac Asimov

“Explain what you learned to someone else. Teaching forces learning.” – Naval Ravikant

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats

“In the end, we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Schools should be places to learn, not to teach.” – Don Tapscott

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35 Inspiring Quotes about Education

Sometimes it can be hard to remember why education and learning is important. I have vivid memories from college where I wanted to drop out and how I was so done with school. When that happened, I thought about my why, my purpose. Below are 35 spectacular quotes about education and learning to remind yourself how important it is to learn! These are great for a motivational push when you want to give up on that paper or for a custom teacher’s gift or card. 

As a teacher, my favorite quotes about education from this list are numbers 9, 17, 21, and 30. I’ve seen lots of teacher shirts and things that have those quotes on them!

• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
• “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – W.B. Yeats
• “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.” – Plato
• “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver
• “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
• “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey
• “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
• “Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.” – Christine Gregoire
• “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
• “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
• “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.” – Aristotle
• “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
• “Education is the foundation of all progress.” – John F. Kennedy
• “Education is the movement from darkness to light.” – Allan Bloom
• “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” – Confucius
• “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan

• “Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.” – Brad Henry
• “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer
• “Education is the foundation of opportunity.” – Oprah Winfrey
• “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch
• “Education is the vaccine for violence.” – Edward James Olmos
• “The educated man is the man who can stimulate his own mind.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
• “Education is not about memorizing facts, but about understanding how to think.” – Albert Einstein
• “The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm Forbes
• “Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” – Nora Ephron
• “Education is the foundation of a strong and informed society.” – Elizabeth Warren
• “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb
• “Education is the engine of personal development.” – Peter Thiel
• “The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.” – Aristotle
• “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” – Diogenes Laertius
• “Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
• “The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” – William S. Burroughs
• “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” – Solomon Ortiz

Which quotes about education are your favorite from the list? Or do you have another that inspires you? Share in the comments below!

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11 comments.

Excellent quotes! My favorite one is “Education is not about memorizing facts, but about understanding how to think.” – Albert Einstein

I love all the quotes in this post. My favorites are 5 and 15. So much truth in them!

I love all these quotes about education. My favorite is “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” Education is life, I think it surmarises everything.

Love all of these, number 13 is my personal favorite I would say. Thanks so much for sharing so much inspiration.

This is an awesome collection of quotes. This is by far my favorite: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

Education is the magic bullet that can take your life where you want it to go. It is the key to rising from poverty and bad circumstances.

Thank you for sharing these amazing quotes. Number 24 “Education is not about memorizing facts, but about understanding how to think.” – Albert Einstein – is really what education should be about.

I’m a former teacher. Love these quotes!

“The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know,” by Aristotle is one of my favorite quotes! A mind that always wants to learn is the best mind.

such a great list of quotes

Loved this! Great list of quotes! 🙂

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50+ Best Education Quotes & Inspirational Sayings About Learning

Looking for education quotes for inspiration or to remember it's important below are the best quotes about education and learning for you.

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

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Chinese proverb

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams

He who opens a school door, closes a prison. Victor Hugo

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better. Maya Angelou

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain

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If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. G.K. Chesterton

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think — rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. Bill Beattie

By seeking and blundering we learn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. George Santayana

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. Edward Everett

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller

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The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe

A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett

It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time – for we are bound by that – but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time. T.S. Eliot

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

The learning process continues until the day you die. Kirk Douglas

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I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. Steve Irwin

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France

Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. David M. Burns

What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul. Joseph Addison

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They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai

Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia

People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong. Bill Vaughan

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Albert Einstein

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Maya Angelou

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The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change. Carl Rogers

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. W.B. Yeats

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. Mark Twain

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. Lloyd Alexander

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Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive: easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Peter Brougham

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety. Abraham Maslow

To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert

That’s kind of how the Feynman learning system works!

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Kofi Annan

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. Clay P. Bedford

What we learn with pleasure we never forget. Alfred Mercier

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. Jim Rohn

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By: Melissa Coleman Last Updated: Aug 30, 2023 This post may contain affiliate links.

Discover inspiration and wisdom with this curated collection of thought-provoking quotes about education . From renowned thinkers to modern visionaries, explore words that celebrate the power of learning, knowledge, and the journey of growth that is perfect for students and teachers. Dive into a world of educational insights through these impactful quotes.

For both teachers and students, education is a transformative experience that shapes minds, ignites curiosity, and paves the way for a brighter future. Whether you're an educator dedicated to nurturing young minds or a student eager to absorb knowledge like a sponge, one thing is certain: the power of words can truly captivate and motivate. In this blog post, we've gathered a treasure trove of insightful quotes about education. These quotes encapsulate the essence of teaching and learning, offering guidance, encouragement, and a fresh perspective on the educational voyage. Join us as we explore these words of wisdom that celebrate the intricate dance between teachers, students, and the pursuit of knowledge.

• “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” – Bill Nye
• “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” – Conrad Hall
• “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris
• “Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” – Ernest Dimnet
• “Every artist was at first an amateur.” – Ralph W. Emerson
• “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” ― Mark Twain
• “All men by nature desire to know.” – Aristotle
• “Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life.“ – W. E. B. Du Bois
• “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” – Alexander the Great
• “Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” ― Anton Chekhov
• “Education is a continual process, it’s like a bicycle… If you don’t pedal you don’t go forward.” – George Weah
• “Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.” – Chanakya
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”― William Butler Yeats
• “A good education is a foundation for a better future.” – Elizabeth Warren
• “Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.”– Sir Anthony Seldon
• “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ― Jim Rohn
• “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” ― Michel Legrand
• “By seeking and blundering we learn.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• “School is the path, not the point.” – Will Richardson
• “Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students.” – Robin Williams
• “When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.” ― John Taylor Gatto
• “Only the educated are free.” ― Epictetus
• “The real key to learning something quickly is to take a deliberate, intelligent approach to your learning.”– Lindsay Kolowich
• “Do not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time.” – Hebrew Proverb

Learning Beyond Boundaries: Notable Quotes About Education

• “I think you learn more if you’re laughing at the same time.” ― Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
• “I don’t want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.” ― Malala Yousafzai
• “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver
• “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” – Brigham Young
• “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
• “Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.” – Eric Fromm
• “The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.” – George Eastman
• “Education is the transmission of civilization.” – Will Durant
• “The most important thing that schools can do is not to use technology in the curriculum more, but to use it more effectively.” – John G. Palfrey and ‎Urs Gasser
• “Education is the mother of leadership.” – Wendell Willkie
• “Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life." – Shakuntala Devi
• “Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.” – Plato
• “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer
• “Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.”― Vera Nazarian
• “Education should light a fire within us to improve us and help our world.” – Sarah Joseph
• “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
• "The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”― Plato
• “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant
• “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” — Henry Ford
• “Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.” – Ernest Dimnet
• “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” ― B.B. King
• “You learn something every day if you pay attention.” – Ray LeBlond
• “One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.” – Sophocles
• "Change is the end result of all true learning." – Leo Buscaglia
• "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." – Malcolm X

Empowering through Knowledge: Memorable Quotes About Education

• "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." –  Benjamin Franklin
• "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." – Aristotle
• "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." – Albert Einstein
• "The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”– Dr. Seuss
• “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
• “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” ― C.S. Lewis
• “The learning process continues until the day you die.” – Kirk Douglas 
• “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― W.B. Yeats
• “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey
• “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan
• “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain
• “Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” – Edward Everett 
• “They know enough who know how to learn.” – Henry Adams
• “Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” – Abraham Lincoln
• “Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.” – Chinese proverb
• “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” – Anatole France
• “Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.” – Claude Bernard
• “All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” –Martin Fisher
• “For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”― Aristotle
• “It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” –Claude Bernard
• “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”— Chinese Proverb
• “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” –George Evans
• “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”— Carl Rogers
• “Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” – Mark Twain

Unleashing Potential: Quotes About the Transformative Power of Education

• “You cannot open a book without learning something.” – Confucius
• “We learn from failure, not from success!”― Bram Stoker
• “The minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.” – Jack Nicholson
• “A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.”— Thomas Carruthers
• “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” – Socrates
• “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes
• “Schools should be places to learn, not to teach.” – Don Tapscott
• “Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.”― Roy T. Bennett
• “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” – Voltaire
• “You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”― Douglas Adams
• “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo da Vinci
• “Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” ― Isaac Asimov
• "Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”― Albert Einstein
• “Education is the art of making man ethical.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• “The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.” – Malala Yousafzai
• “The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.” – Confucius
• “Education is everything- education is your power, education is your way in life for whatever you want to do.” – Ciara
• “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” – Diogenes of Sinope
• “Education is one thing no one can take away from you.” – Elin Nordegren
• “Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.”– Doris Roberts
• “When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous.” – Michelle Obama
• “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” – Gloria Steinem
• “The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.”― John Dewey
• “Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.”― Louis L’Amour
• “The schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for Government.” — Mahatma Gandhi

The Art of Learning: Quotes that Celebrate Education

• “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor
• “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre
• “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus
• “The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” – Tom Bodett
• “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” – Ignacio Estrada
• “All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.” — Mahatma Gandhi
• “What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” – Alfred Mercier
• “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.”– Mahatma Gandhi
• “I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein
• “The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” – Mary McLeod Bethune
• “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch
• “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
• “Education is too important to be left solely to educators.” – Francis Keppel
• “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” – Albert Einstein
• “It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.” – Rene Descartes
• “Nothing is more powerful and liberating than knowledge.” – William H. Gray III
• “Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley
• “You teach best what you most need to learn.” – Richard Bach
• “In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.” — Barack Obama
• “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” ― Robert Frost
• “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams
• “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle
• “It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.” – Agnes Repplierg
• “They cannot stop me. I will get my education if it is in the home, school, or any place.” – Malala Yousafzai

Bridging Dreams and Reality: Quotes About Education's Possibilities

• “I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright
• “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” ― Thomas Jefferson
• “Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.” – Dr. W. Edwards Deming
• “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” – John Holt
• “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” –  Og Mandino
• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
• “I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.”– Ann Brashares
• “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” ― Walter Cronkite
• “To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul.” ― Muriel Spark
• “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” ― Victor Hugo
• “Education is the ability to meet life’s situations.” – Dr. John G. Hibben
• “Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.” – John Hersey
• “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
• “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
• “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” – Marian Wright Edelman
• “Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” – Leonardo da Vinci
• “It is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.” ― Cormac McCarthy
• “The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth” ― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
• “With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.” ― Malala Yousafzai
• “If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.” – Brad Sherman
• “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
• “The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves.” – Joseph Campbell
• “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead
• “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C. S. Lewis
• “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” – Lily Tomlin

Lighting the Path: Quotes That Illuminate the Importance of Education

• “Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
• “I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.” – Steve Irwin
• “I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.” – Eartha Kitt
• “The Best way to predict your future is to create it.”— ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• “I am still learning.” —Michelangelo
• “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
• “A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” —Helen Keller
• “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B.King
• “Try to learn something about everything and everything about.” —Thomas Huxley
• “Learning without thought is a labor lost, thought without learning is perilous.” – Confucius
• “I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”—Pablo Picasso
• “Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work.” —William Crawford
• “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”– Winston Churchill

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60+ Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Education

At times we all need something to get us through the day, as teachers that tends to happen when the coffee machine has broken down. Try these quotes in case of such an emergency!

We all need to energize ourselves from time to time, so take a moment to read these quotes from some of the worlds best minds, and then jump back into that classroom. We are teachers, that’s what we do.

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” Albert Einstein

“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.“ Steve Irwin

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.“ Maimonides

„Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.“ Malcolm X

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.“ Albert Einstein

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.“ G.K. Chesterton

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.“ Buckminster Fuller

“The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.“ Leo Buscaglia

“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.“ Jean Piaget

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.“ Victor Hugo

“I’ve learned… that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.“ Andy Rooney

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.“ Chinese proverb

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

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.“ John Dewey

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.“ Martin Luther King, Jr

“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.“ Anatole France

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.“ Kofi Annan

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.“ Will Durant

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” Zig Ziglar

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Tom Bodett

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” Zig Ziglar

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Henry B Adams

“Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” Hebrew proverb

“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Alfred Mercier

“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin

“The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.” Alexandra K. Trenfor

“Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” Lady Bird Johnson

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” Jim Rohn

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming.” Goethe

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” Plato

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg — not by smashing it.” Arnold Glasow

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark Twain

“Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” Abraham Lincoln

“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” John Keats

“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” Michel Legrand

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

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited. Plutarch:

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.   Bruce Lee

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward

Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring. Sidney J. Harris

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. Gail Godwin

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock

Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. Albert Einstein

The teacher’s task is to initiate the learning process and then get out of the way. John Warren

The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. William James

Teachers are people who start things they never see finished, and for which they never get thanks until it is too late. Max Forman

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask which he finds it hard to answer. Alice Wellington Rollins

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. Haim Ginott

One of the beauties of teaching is that there is no limit to one’s growth as a teacher, just as there is no knowing beforehand how much your students can learn. Herbert Kohl

Education is much more than a matter of imparting the knowledge and skills by which narrow goals are achieved. It is also about opening the child’s eyes to the needs and rights of others. Dalai Lama

No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson

When the untapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds. Mary Hatwood Futrell

The work of a teacher — exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic, never twice the same — is at its heart an ethical enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations. William Ayres

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. Helen Caldicott

At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems — the answer for all the problems of the world — comes to a single word. That word is education. Lyndon B. Johnson

Teaching is the essential profession, the one that makes all professions possible. David Haselkorn

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? Cicero

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching? Harriet Martineau

“Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  (Anonymous)

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70+ Best Education Quotes by Famous People

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Some kids don’t see the value of education – yet. As parents and educators, it is our job to make sure that they take the right path and hopefully have a successful life. Education is can define a person’s character and future. More so, quality education can make a lasting change and impact on society.

We decided to compile 70+ of the best education quotes by famous and important people in history. We included education quotes especially for children and women too. We hope that these wise sayings will inspire and motivate you and your child to live a life of learning.

Children’s Education Quotes

These inspirational quotes on children’s education will help foster their love of learning.

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” ― Plato

“[Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” ― Jim Henson

 “Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” ― Aristotle

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead

“We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” Chinese proverb

“Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” ― Anton Chekhov

“Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.” ― Steven Spielberg

“Learning is the key to success in life and there is no limit to skills children can acquire.”

“The future starts with the next generation. With education, we are empowering our youth and deciding what kind of world they will live in.”

Women Education Quotes

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ― Malala Yousafzai

“Education is very important. The more education a woman has the more she is looked down upon. Nothing comes easy for a woman, and that is why she is tough. She has to earn everything she works hard for—that’s fine, and honestly, it isn’t an issue. Hard work grooms a woman to be a powerful force.” ― Charlena E. Jackson

“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.” ― Michelle Obama

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young

“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” ― Malala Yousafzai

“If you are in a country that is progressive, the woman is progressive. If you’re in a country that reflects the consciousness toward the importance of education, it’s because the woman is aware of the importance of education. But in every backward country you’ll find the women are backward, and in every country where education is not stressed its because the women don’t have education.” ― Malcolm X

“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.” ― Kavita N. Ramdas

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” ― Virginia Woolf

“Education can never stop! “The more we read, the more we learn. The more we learn, the fuller life seems.” – L.M Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“If girls and women have good education and opportunities to go on in life, they can help to break down the walls of envy and misunderstanding, to give new meaning to culture and history, to establish a sense of personal security for individual men and women, not just a collective security that crushes individuality.” Nelson Mandela

Reading and Books Quotes

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ― Groucho Marx

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.” ― Gustave Flaubert

“Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goes out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.” ― Cicero

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles W. Eliot

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“Reading is the key that unlocks the door of creativity.” – Agatha Christie

“Reading has always been the best form of entertainment. There’s something special about immersing yourself in another world and the characters you meet there.”

Quotes About the Importance of Education

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

“Education is a right, not a privilege; it is an opportunity, not an entitlement.” -Arne Duncan

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. ― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” ― Thomas Paine

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” ― Robert Frost

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” ― C.S. Lewis

“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” ― Charlotte Brontë

“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” ― G.K. Chesterton

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” ― Aristotle

“The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.” ― Stanley Fish

“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.” ― Confucius

“It’s a universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.” ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Andy McIntyre

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ― Jim Rohn

“Learning is never easy, but it’s worth every second.”

“”The question is not how will you work if you lose your job; the question is how will you find one if you don’t have an education?” – Tony Bennet

Inspirational Education Quotes

“Invest in knowledge and keep it close to you. The wise store up treasures where moth of rust cannot corrupt them or thieves break in and steal them” – Proverbs 22: 8

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ― Mark Twain

““We are all born with genius, but most of us are squelched, either by our parents, our teachers, our society. We go to great schools but they do not teach us the thing we need to know: how to live.” -Robin Williams

“Education is not the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.” -W.B. Yeats

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” ― Oscar Wilde

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ― Maya Angelou

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” ― Oscar Wilde

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ― Aristotle

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” ― Malcolm X

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein

“The most important single ingredient in any successful educational system is . . . good teachers.”- David Sarnoff

“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” ― Heath L. Buckmaster

“I don’t want to believe. I want to know.” ― Carl Sagan

“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” ― Mark Twain

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.” ― Baruch Spinoza

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.” Carl Rogers

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.” David M. Burns

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” Lloyd Alexander

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John R. Wooden

“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” Abraham Maslow

“Great minds get to learn from other great minds at school”

“If something has deep meaning for you, understand more about it. Teach others what you’ve learnt with”

“Truly, education is the most powerful tool for change we have!⁣”

“When you teach another person, you don’t teach them the subject that is in your head. You instead teach them how to think.” – Susan Sippey

“Education brings great changes in the lives of those who strive the most.” – Karl Potter

“For teachers, knowledge is not a fixed commodity that can be easily transmitted by rote. It is a fluid, complex, and interactive process of exchange.” – Chinua Achebe

Kate is mom of two rambunctious boys and a self-proclaimed super nerd. With a background in neuroscience, she is passionate about sharing her love of all things STEM with her kids. She loves to find creative ways to teach kids computer science and geek out about coding and math.  She has authored several books on coding for kids which can be found at Hachette UK .

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