Educational Quotes

"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read." Mary McLeod Bethune

"My hear is singing for joy this morning. A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mild, and behold, all things are changed." Anne Sullivan

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack & ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing & searching can be promoted by means of coercion & a sense of duty. To the contrary, I believe that it would be possible to rob even a healthy beast of prey of its voraciousness, if it were possible, with the aid of a whip, to force the beast to devour continuously, even when not hungry, especially if the food, handed out under such coercion, were to be selected accordingly." Albert Einstein

"At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the problems of the world - come to a single word. That word is "education." Lyndon B. Johnson

"The objective of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." Robert Maynard Hutchins

"Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire."
- W B Yeats

"When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school." A S Neill

"Education comes from living life, following passions, accessing information, observing, reflecting, and being inspired by wise and courageous elders in the community."
- Claire Aumonier

"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence." Unknown

"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives." Willa A. Foster

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." Ronald E. Osborn

"The important thing is not to stop questioning." Albert Einstein

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." George Washington Carver

"There is a brilliant child locked inside every student." Marva Collins

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein

"What scupture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul." Joseph Addison

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
Henry B. Adams