--- title: "29 Education People Quotes by 28 authors" description: "Browse 29 Education People quotes by 28 authors. Discover the best Education People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/donna-shalala-15948_education_sex-education-has-to-do-with-what-s-in-p_695205.jpg" --- > [Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-shalala/sex-education-has-to-do-with-what-s-in-people-s-head/) [Donna Shalala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-shalala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/donna-shalala-15948_education_sex-education-has-to-do-with-what-s-in-p_695205.jpg) > [I'm grateful that I got a good education and to have all the people I have around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-krieger/i-m-grateful-that-i-got-a-good-education-and-to-have-all-the-people-i/) [Ali Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-krieger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/ali-krieger-6766_education_i-m-grateful-that-i-got-a-good-education_349257.jpg) > [I was always fond of giving good education to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/waheeda-rehman/i-was-always-fond-of-giving-good-education-to-people/) [Waheeda Rehman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/waheeda-rehman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/waheeda-rehman-5725_always_i-was-always-fond-of-giving-good-educati_1508550.jpg) > [The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/the-first-duty-of-a-government-is-to-give-education-to-the-people/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/simon-bolivar-13654_education_the-first-duty-of-a-government-is-to-giv_1289077.jpg) > [Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/upon-the-education-of-the-people-of-this-country-the-fate-of-this/) [Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/benjamin-disraeli-390_country_upon-the-education-of-the-people-of-this_3149968.png) > [“Education is the people's only defense against leaders who would do them harm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-mario-b/education-is-the-people-s-only-defense-against-leaders-who-would-do/) [Jorge Mario B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-mario-b/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/jorge-mario-b-250243_leadership_education-is-the-people-s-only-defense-a_2223711.jpg) > [A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-b-anthony/a-republican-government-should-be-based-on-free-and-equal-education/) [Susan B. Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-b-anthony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/susan-b-anthony-2103_education_a-republican-government-should-be-based_833313.png) > [Education is something that other people do to you. Learning is something you do for yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joichi-ito/education-is-something-that-other-people-do-to-you-learning-is/) [Joichi Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joichi-ito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/joichi-ito-15563_education_education-is-something-that-other-people_1223894.png) > [On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/on-the-diffusion-of-education-among-the-people-rest-the-preservation/) [Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/daniel-webster-2347_diffusion_on-the-diffusion-of-education-among-the_1143913.jpg) > [I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/i-m-a-big-believer-in-education-if-people-learn-the-truth-they-ll-see/) [Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/brigid-schulte-15835_believer_i-m-a-big-believer-in-education-if-peopl_916135.png) > [Without some type of college education, how do people expect to succeed in life? Its not like we all can be famous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/without-some-type-of-college-education-how-do-people-expect-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/anonymous-1_college_without-some-type-of-college-education-h_323511.jpg) > [Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-gillard/our-future-growth-relies-on-competitiveness-and-innovation-skills-and/) [Julia Gillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-gillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/julia-gillard-9156_competitiveness_our-future-growth-relies-on-competitiven_328459.jpg) > [I'm skeptical of a lot of what falls under the rubric of education… People are on these tracks. They are getting these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/i-m-skeptical-of-a-lot-of-what-falls-under-the-rubric-of-education/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/peter-thiel-1311_cases_i-m-skeptical-of-a-lot-of-what-falls-und_2234346.png) > [Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joichi-ito/education-is-what-people-do-to-you-learning-is-what-you-do-to/) [Joichi Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joichi-ito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/joichi-ito-15563_always-learning_education-is-what-people-do-to-you-learn_1210255.png) > [“Think instead about children. People. Human beings. Feel for once that education is about people—not figures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/think-instead-about-children-people-human-beings-feel-for-once-that/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/pat-conroy-768_children_think-instead-about-children-people-huma_3152883.jpg) > [City were great to me in so many ways for the education and the people I was able to work with. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kasper-schmeichel/city-were-great-to-me-in-so-many-ways-for-the-education-and-the/) [Kasper Schmeichel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kasper-schmeichel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/kasper-schmeichel-6348_city_city-were-great-to-me-in-so-many-ways-fo_2390749.jpg) > [It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-pearson/it-is-time-to-ask-are-we-aborigines-a-serious-people-do-we-have-the/) [Noel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/noel-pearson-74941_asks_it-is-time-to-ask-are-we-aborigines-a-se_952964.jpg) > [Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-higher-education-system-is-one-of-the-things-that-makes-america/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/barack-obama-17_a-good-thing_our-higher-education-system-is-one-of-th_2073829.jpg) > [How could I have been the valedictorian, the smartest, and never known Harlem existed? As a result, I began a lifelong learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-stewart/how-could-i-have-been-the-valedictorian-the-smartest-and-never-known/) [Lynne Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/lynne-stewart-19461_accepting_how-could-i-have-been-the-valedictorian_355947.jpg) > [Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-piaget/education-for-most-people-means-trying-to-lead-the-child-to-resemble/) [Jean Piaget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-piaget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/jean-piaget-4336_adults_education-for-most-people-means-trying-t_2468.jpg) > [Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/governments-have-ever-been-known-to-hold-a-high-hand-over-the/) [Francesc Ferrer i Guardia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia-4794_education_governments-have-ever-been-known-to-hold_631428.png) > [In problem-posing education, people develop their power to perceive critically the way they exist in the world with which and in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/in-problem-posing-education-people-develop-their-power-to-perceive/) [Paulo Freire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-freire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/paulo-freire-1551_education_in-problem-posing-education-people-devel_531090.jpg) > [The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people, and must be willing to bear the expenses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-whole-people-must-take-upon-themselves-the-education-of-the-whole/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/john-adams-529_bears_the-whole-people-must-take-upon-themselv_1124106.jpg) > [Once they are through the process of education, most people lose the capacity of wondering, of being surprised. They feel they ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/once-they-are-through-the-process-of-education-most-people-lose-the/) [Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/erich-fromm-367_capacity_once-they-are-through-the-process-of-edu_1220257.jpg) > [America needs the best education system in the world. We have it in higher education. We do not have it in general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-glenn/america-needs-the-best-education-system-in-the-world-we-have-it-in/) [John Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-glenn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/john-glenn-12081_america_america-needs-the-best-education-system_2372384.jpg) > [One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/one-must-search-diligently-to-find-laudatory-comments-on-education/) [Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/edward-gibbon-710_able_one-must-search-diligently-to-find-lauda_499117.png) > [The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/the-education-of-our-people-should-be-a-lifelong-process-by-which-we/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/john-f-kennedy-246_ability_the-education-of-our-people-should-be-a_3111138.jpg) > [If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/if-you-don-t-give-education-to-people-it-is-easy-to-manipulate-them/) [Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/pel-6980_easy_if-you-don-t-give-education-to-people-it_904130.png) > [This isn't higher education studying itself. There are a lot of higher education people here. But there are also people here who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hunt/this-isn-t-higher-education-studying-itself-there-are-a-lot-of-higher/) [James Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/james-hunt-26765_education_this-isn-t-higher-education-studying-its_2321621.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education-people/#itemlist", "name": "Education People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donna Shalala" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-shalala/sex-education-has-to-do-with-what-s-in-people-s-head/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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