These 35 Inspiring Quotes About Education Remind Us Why Learning at Any Age Is a Beautiful Thing
With fall in full swing and everyone settled into a back-to-school routine—and that mile-long school supplies list just a distant memory—you may be running on auto-pilot as we head into the chaos of the holiday season. Still, we can all agree that the opportunity to learn and grow through education is an incredible season of life, even with all the busyness life throws at us. And hopefully, with the right amount of curiosity and drive, a season that lasts a lifetime. That's why these inspiring quotes about education come at just the right time. Here, you'll find wisdom passed down from well-known authors, famous intellectuals, and culture makers throughout history about the benefits of learning in all its forms. Bookmark these thoughts for when you need something to motivate you to hit the books, or pick one for a back-to-school Instagram caption down the road.
Do you have a favorite educator? One of the best teacher gifts you can give is letting them know how much they've inspired your journey, so share one of these quotes with them in a thank-you note or message. If you don't find the perfect words here, we have a great list of best teacher quotes too.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.”
Albert Einstein
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Malcolm X
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
Alvin Toffler
“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”
Andy McIntyre
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
Epictetus
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
Maya Angelou
“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
Chanakya
“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”
Plato
“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”
Carl Rogers
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.”
Aristotle
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Dorothy Parker
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
Benjamin Franklin
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
Lee Iacocca
“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.”
Benjamin Franklin
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
Maya Angelou
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
Bill Nye
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”
Chinese Proverb
“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”
Dr. Seuss
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Alfred Mercier
“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.”
Herbert Spencer
“The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.”
Margaret Mead
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
Helen Keller
“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Education is the key to unlocking the world. It is the passport to freedom.”
Aristotle
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
Nelson Mandela
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Joseph Joubert
“To teach is to learn twice.”
G.K. Chesterton
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”
Publilius Syrus
“It is better to learn late than never.”
Walter Isaacson
“Education is supposed to juice your curiosity, not diminish or sate it.”
Malala Yousafzai
“They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace.”
Plutarch
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
John F. Kennedy
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
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