By Maxime Lagacé
Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
Education is vital.
You without education:
- More likely to become poor
- More likely to have diseases
- More likely to commit crimes
You with education:
- More likely to be happy
- More likely to make more money
- More likely to live longer
(Source)
So, what’s the key to a better future?
Education.
Inspired by this, I have compiled 100 of the best education quotes I could find.
The goal?
To inspire you and make you realize the value of proper education.
You’ll discover quotes by Einstein, Budha, Lao Tzu, and more.
Enjoy!
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. Francis Bacon
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. Bruce Lee
A dull mind gets bored easily. A curious mind expands forever. Maxime Lagacé
Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein (This source says it’s probably not from Einstein)
A generation of auto-didacts, educated by the Internet and leveraged by technology, will eventually starve the industrial-education system. Naval Ravikant
A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. Helen Keller
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. Bob Talber
Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. Jim Henson
A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero
The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice. James Clear
The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller
Only the autodidacts are free. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
They know enough who know how to learn. Henry Adams
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The Best Education Quotes
The more you make it easy for your kids, the more you remove the struggle necessary for learning. Maxime Lagacé
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. United Negro College Fund
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. Chinese proverb
The giving of love is an education in itself. Eleanor Roosevelt
Lasting novels don’t come from literature departments. Successful businesses don’t come from business schools. Scientific revolutions don’t come from research universities. Get your education, then get moving. Find the loners tinkering at the edge. Naval Ravikant
Podcasts are free. Twitter is free. Wikipedia is free. YouTube is free. We are living in a golden age of self-education. Brian Feroldi (Source)
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. John Dewey
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero
Instruction does much, but encouragement everything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Free education is abundant, all over the Internet. It’s the desire to learn that’s scarce. Naval Ravikant
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. Socrates
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. William Haley
Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival. W. Edwards Deming
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke
Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. Jim Rohn
The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Alexandra K. Trenfor
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Bill Nye (upworthy.com)
Part 2. Education Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Education Quotes
Searching for a famous education quote or famous author? Check out these sayings by Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, Einstein, etc.
The learned man knows that he is ignorant. Victor Hugo
I am still learning. Michelangelo
Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. Albert Einstein
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
You can never be overdressed or overeducated. Oscar Wilde
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. James Dewar
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. B. B. King
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. Augustine of Hippo
I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln
My education was interrupted only by my schooling. Winston Churchill
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. Antisthenes
As long as you live, keep learning how to live. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Short Education Quotes
One-liners, short education quotes, sayings, thoughts, and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, and backgrounds.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France
Responsibility educates. Wendell Phillips
A sign of good education: students don’t feel entitled. Maxime Lagacé
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre
The world exists for the education of each man. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Even a fool learns something once it hits him. Homer
Much learning does not teach understanding. Heraclitus
Success is a poor teacher. Robert Kiyosaki
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. Diogenes
There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Chinese proverb
When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou
Inspirational Education Quotes
If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. Ludwig Wittgenstein
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. Nora Roberts
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino
When anything can be learned online, the barrier to education is simply motivation, curiosity, and persistence. Anthony Pompliano (Source)
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. Naval Ravikant (Naval referred to the Internet and social medias like Twitter and LinkedIn)
Education is supposed to juice your curiosity, not diminish or sate it. Walter Isaacson
Every person with a smartphone and a pair of headphones has access to the kind of education that was once reserved for the sons of aristocracy. The Stoic Emperor
Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be. Rita Pierson
They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace. Malala Yousafzai
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Aristotle
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen. Lee Iacocca
Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Jean Piaget
Funny And Surprising Education Sayings
You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day. Jay Mohr
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones
Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don’t have the top for. Jerry Seinfeld
Any kid will run any errand for you if you ask at bedtime. Red Skelton
The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn’t stop until you get to school. Milton Berle 😂
Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Mark Twain
When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble. Mark Twain
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. Steven Wright
Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students. Robin Williams
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Education Proverbs For Value-Packed Wisdom
When the student is ready, the master appears. Buddhist proverb
If a seed of a lettuce will not grow, we do not blame the lettuce. Instead, the fault lies with us for not having nourished the seed properly. Buddhist proverb
Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. Zen proverb
A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study. Chinese proverb
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese proverb
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand. Chinese proverb
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese proverb
Wise men may not be learned; learned men may not be wise. Chinese proverb
A stumble may prevent a fall. English proverb
Despise school and remain a fool. German proverb
All things good to know are difficult to learn. Greek proverb
An apprentice near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught. Japanese proverb
Fall down seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. Japanese proverb
By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand. Latin proverb
Conclusion
All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. Martin H. Fischer
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. Eartha Kitt
Key Takeaways
- Want a great education? Never get bored asking questions.
- Want a great way to learn? Play! Don’t be so serious.
- Want to go far in life? Be an autodidact. You can learn anything on the Internet.
- Remember: answers are good, but questions are better.
- To know is good. To know what’s worth knowing is better.
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What’s your favorite education quote? And remember: words can transform your life, if you find the right ones.
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Education Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Proverbs
Part 3
Conclusion