Educational Quotes

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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. — Pablo Picasso
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. — Plutarch
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. — Alexander Pope
I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful. — Natalie Portman
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality. — Beatrix Potter
Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?' — Terry Pratchett
It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction, not 'Star… — Terry Pratchett
'Educational' refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a… — Terry Pratchett
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. — Marcel Proust
If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would… — Samuel Richardson
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. — Tom Robbins
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. — Tom Robbins
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. — Jim Rohn
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. — Jim Rohn
If increasing income equality is the goal, it might be wiser to put money into infrastructure than to subsidize manufacturing. Construction also pays good wages,… — Christina Romer
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the… — Theodore Roosevelt
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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