Education Quotes

“Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.”

-- Seth Graham-Smith

“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