Quotes About Education

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.

There are many things which we can afford to forget which it is yet well to learn.

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

I would never use a long word where a short one would answer the purpose. I know there are professors in this country who 'ligate' arteries. Other surgeons only tie them, and it stops the bleeding just as well.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.

When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.

HOW ONLINE LEARNING WORKS? Online learning is the hot topic these days as millions of dollars are being invested in new technologies, such as the Internet, with the expectation that education at all levels will be revolutionized. Newspapers now have feature sections about the Internet and technology-related self-help books are proliferating.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.

[The] biggest mistake in helping undeserved kids is not raising the bar high enough. Children will believe if you believe in them.

The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.

Elementarze to wst?p do lektury ksi??ek. Ksi??ki s? zagro?eniem dla cnoty. A cnota jest tym wi?ksza im wi?ksza jest niewiedza.

Instead of learned young people we have donkeys with University degrees. Instead of future leaders we have mollusks with expensive blue jeans and phony revolutionaries with ski masks. And do you know what? Maybe this is another reason why our Moslem invaders have such an easy game.

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

Dollar bill: people spend their whole life seeking to earn it, but won't spend 10 minutes seeking to learn it.

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.

If we're going to make mistakes anyway, we might as well learn from them -- "teachable moments".

The only thing that compounds faster than interest is learning.

You can have a Masters degree in making money, but you will still wind up broke if you have a PhD in spending it.

History can teach us so much, and yet we seem to learns so little.