Education Quote by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The purpose of education...is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.

— James A. Baldwin

In my mind, the purpose of education is to enable human beings to develop to their full potential, intellectually and spiritually. That means that…

— Michael N. Nagler

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

— Norman Cousins

The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life-by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with…

— Ayn Rand

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they…

— Plato

The purpose of education is to enlighten the student as to how to use their own mind, rather than to fill it with facts…

— Anonymous

The true purpose of education is to teach you to do the thing that needs to be done,when it needs to be done, whether…

— Thomas Huxley

If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgement.…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.

— Bill Richardson

The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have…

— Jean Piaget

There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain truth is…

— David W. Orr

The aim of education is to guide young persons in the process through which they shape themselves as human persons-armed with knowledge, strength of…

— Jacques Maritain