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Educational Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
- That which we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.
- The education of the will is the object of our existence.
- Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge.
- A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day.
- Every artist was first an amateur.
- Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
- We are wiser than we know.
- He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with…
- If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house…
- There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide...
More Educational 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
- 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
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some… — Alfred Austin
- Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success. — Joe Baca
- Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
- A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. — Francis Bacon