Education Quotes
Quotes about education and the power of learning. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest education quotes ever written — from Geoffrey Chaucer, Immanuel Kant, Chinese Proverb and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest men.
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.
Learning never exhausts the mind.
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Let knowledge grow from more to more, but more of reverence in us dwell.
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.