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Here are 110 of the best education quotes I could find. The goal? To inspire you and help you stay motivated to grow on this lifelong adventure. 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 (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
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. Walt Disney
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 (twitter.com)
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese proverb
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
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. Socrates
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero Click to tweet
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
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
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. Emma Goldman
Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival. W. Edwards Deming
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation. Brigham Young
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Bill Nye
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
Part 2. Education Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Education Quotes
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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 Click to tweet
Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes
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
All I have learned, I learned from books. Abraham Lincoln
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 necessary learning is that which unlearns evil. Antisthenes
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
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France
To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert
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
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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 (twitter.com)
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
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 Click to tweet
Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Jean Piaget
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. John D. Rockefeller
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Funny And Surprising Education Sayings
You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day. Jay Mohr
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
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
The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students. Robin Williams Click to tweet
Teachers are those who help us in resolving problems which, without them, we wouldn’t have. Unknown
Marriage can wait, education cannot. Khaled Hosseini
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
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
Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. Zen proverb
Part 3. 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
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Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Education Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Proverbs
Part 3
Conclusion
Hi Maxime, It is said that education is one thing that remains for the longest period of time. As a teacher I believe the saying: “My goal is to translate response into results. Some teachers teach for others to learn, that’s not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish, that is me.”
Great post!
Thanks for posting!
That’s a beautiful quote Krishnendu, thanks for posting it.
Another thoughtful quote I like is this one by James Clear: The person who asks questions is more helpful than the person who offers advice.
Regards,
Maxime
I really love this! I just graduated and I’m still doubting if I should pursue my Master’s degree. My favorite quote is: Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way. Noam Chomsky.
For some people, school is for them.
For others, like autodidacts, it’s not.
It depends on your preferences and if you feel you’re learning.
Life, traveling, learning new things by yourself and starting a business are great ways to educate yourself too.
Cheers,
Maxime
Thanks for sharing this wonderful educational quotes collection.
I love this quote, “Play is the highest form of research.” Albert Einstein
Hi Tia,
thanks for commenting on Wisdom Quotes!
There are a lot of beautiful and inspiring quotes by Albert Einstein.
This one is not an exception.
Thanks,
Maxime
Very inspirational education quotes. This one is my favorite one from your collection by J. K. Rowling: “I think you’re working and learning until you die.”
We must love learning because life is all about it.
Thanks for sharing with us,
Maxime
I wish you had a search engine for the site. I’d spotted a wonderful quote by Nora Roberts that I’d have loved to have referenced just now and couldn’t find it. sigh
There is one here https://wisdomquotes.com/search/
The quote by Nora Roberts is perhaps this one:
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
The more educated our kids are, the greater life they’ll have.
Thank you. I see and printed it out.
Yes, there’s no end to wisdom and knowledge.
Happy you liked it.
Thanks,
Maxime
Good Morning and thank you for the beautiful quotes, my favourite one is the one which says : The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm., keep going thank you.
I’ll keep going!
Thank you for your message,
Maxime
These are apt, and can be of immense use to any body.
Commendable.
Thanks for your comment, Kofoworola.
Glad your liked them.
Regards,
Maxime
Love it
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Beautiful and soul inspiring quotes.
Happy to hear that, Adekanmi.
Thanks for your comments,
Maxime