Educational Quotes

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If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his… — Albert Einstein
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.' — Sydney J. Harris
Our vision is more obstructed by what we think we know than by our lack of knowledge. — Krister Stendahl
The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true. — Carl Sagan
Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform. — John Dewey
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love… — Saint Francis de Sales
Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars. — John F. Kennedy
There is a brilliant child locked inside every student. — Marva Collins
Education is the process of selling someone on books. — Douglas Wilson
If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning. — William Bennett
Knowledge is not information, it's transformation. — Rajneesh
Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles… — Sydney J. Harris
The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset. — Liberty Hyde Bailey
What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. — Unknown Author
From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on… — Marcus Aurelius
We are the world, we are the children... — Michael Jackson
Most teachers waste their time by asking question which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning… — Albert Einstein
I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am. — Alice James
A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. — Brander Matthews

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