Quotes About Education

Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.

Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.

Inspiration springs more readily from knowledge than from ignorance.

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

[Human beings] will begin to recover the moment we take art as seriously as physics, chemistry or money.

A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.

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

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter

Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.

Be very, very careful what you put into that head of yours, because you will never, ever get it out.

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

In today's fast-changing world, it's not so much what you know anymore that counts, because often what you know is old. It is how fast you learn. That skill is priceless.

Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.

Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

Education is more valuable than money, in the long run.

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

The conservationist¹s most important task, if we are to save the Earth, is to educate.

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?

We've got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.