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Quotes About Education & Learning
By peace | January 7, 2007
The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Brooks Adams
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Kahlil Gibran
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. ~Mortimer Adler
All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. ~Martin H. Fischer
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ~Winston Churchill
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins
A professor is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep. ~W.H. Auden
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~Benjamin Franklin
Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed. ~Robert Gallagher
When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. ~Mohammed
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ~John Dewey
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later. ~Dana Stewart Scott
Education is the movement from darkness to light. ~Allan Bloom
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. ~Malcolm S. Forbes
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know. ~Daniel J. Boorstin
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. ~Bishop Mandell Creighton
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. ~Ralph W. Sockman
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. ~Clay P. Bedford
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. ~George Bernard Shaw
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle
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