Quotes About Education

The superior way of learnedness is to teach oneself of the world.

Those who leave their learning at the classroom door, will find themselves unsuccessful.

To have knowledge is to have freedom.

To make history, first you must learn history.

We only talk of what we know, so as to know of little is to talk of little.

We will never stop having things to know.

Your greatest enemies, are those who prevent you from learning all there is to know and more.

Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it.

Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.

I have an abacus at home.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become educated and why education has always been the key to the American Dream, the force that erases arbitrary divisions of race and class and culture and unlocks every person's God-given potential.

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.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

Learning without thought is labor lost.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

A man whoTreats his betters as betters,Wears an air of respect,Who into serving father and motherKnows how to put his whole strength,Who in the service of his prince will lay down his life,Who in intercourse with friends is true to his word—others may say of him that he still lacks education, but I for my part should certainly call him an educated man.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

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.