Purpose Of Education Quotes

25 Purpose Of Education quotes by 22 unique authors

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
Though the parallel is not complete, it is safe to say that science will never touch them unaided by its practical applications. Its wonders may… — Arthur Balfour
The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people. — Peter McWilliams
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life. — John Mason Brown
The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are… — Plato
The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. — Harold Rosenberg
The purpose of education...is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions. — James A. Baldwin
The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life-by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality.… — Ayn Rand
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings,… — Thomas Jefferson
The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter. — Unknown Author
It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should be sent to… — George Washington
The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. — Chris Hedges
The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us. — Anna Brownell Jameson
The purpose of education is to fit us for life in a civilised community, and it seems to follow from the subjects we study that… — Anthony Burgess
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Malcolm Forbes
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. — Sydney J. Harris
Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we… — Muriel Barbery
The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it — Lawrence M. Krauss
Of all the purposes of education, I think the most useful is this: It prepares you to keep yourself entertained. It gives you a better… — Roger Ebert
It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to… — Robert M. Hutchins
In my mind, the purpose of education is to enable human beings to develop to their full potential, intellectually and spiritually. That means that students… — Unknown Author

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