Quotes about Education

Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful.

There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.

I hear and forget. I see and hear and I remember. However, when I see, hear and do, I understand and succeed.

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound.

Societies are preoccupied with just about everything other than making good people. For some, it is intelligence. Parents are often more concerned with their children's IQs than their children's characters. And many people confuse higher education with decency and moral insight.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

In todays economy, the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge

The more you learn, the more you have a framework that the knowledge fits into.

They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.

A person with increasing knowledge and sensory education may derive infinite enjoyment from wine.

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.