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Education Quotes by Ernest L. Boyer
- When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the classrooms of America where the…
- Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.
- In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give…
- The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their determination…
- We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a…
- Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held outside, underneath a tree, usually…
- I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.
- In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world…
- Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if…
- To put it simply, school readiness means creating in this country a public love of children.
- Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing.
- The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be described…
- Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain…
- To push for excellence today without continuing to push for access for less privileged students is to undermine the crucial but incomplete gains that have…
- As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve.
- Education is a seamless web: one level of learning relates to every other.
- A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.
- Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration... what we need in education is a learning climate in which students…
More Education Quotes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe