Education Quotes

“And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.”

-- Sam Donaldson

“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”

-- Plutarch

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”

-- Aristotle

“I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.”

-- Bo Jackson

“Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.”

-- Thomas Sowell

“Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.”

-- Sargent Shriver

“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.”

-- Desmond Tutu

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”

-- Carl Rogers

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”

-- Gail Godwin

“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”

-- Alexander Pope