11 Quotes About Education
The back-to-school commercials are everywhere. Whether you’re a student, a parent, or a member of society who no longer attends classes, education is an ongoing process. There’s always something new to learn. Enjoy these quotes about education.
“Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“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.” —William Butler Yeats
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” —Nelson Mandela
“The supreme end of education, we are told, is expert discernment in all things – the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.” —Charles Grosnevor Osgood
“It’s so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs… we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics.” —Snoop Dogg
“Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.” —Natalie Portman
“People always remember the teacher as opposed to the best student in class. You could be the best student in class, but people are always going to remember the teacher, because the teacher taught the best student in class.” —Nelly
“The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others.” —Grayson Kirk
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” —Dr. Seuss
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” —Sydney J. Harris
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