This document contains a collection of inspirational quotes about education from various notable figures such as Malcolm X, Albert Einstein, John Dewey, Mahatma Gandhi, and others. The quotes discuss topics like the importance of education in shaping the future, the role of teachers in providing an environment for learning rather than direct instruction, learning as a lifelong process, and education's ability to empower change in the world.
19. “Education is the kindling of
a flame, not the filling of a
vessel”.
- Socrates
20. “The earth and sky, woods and
fields, lakes and rivers, the
mountains and sea, are excellent
schoolmasters, and teach some of
us more than we can ever learn
from books”.
- John Lubbock
21. “Learning is not attained by
chance, it must be sought for
with ardour and attended to
with diligence”.
- Abigail Adams
25. “The highest action a human
being can attain is learning for
understanding, because to
understand is to be free”.
- Baruch Spinoza
26. “Spoon feeding in the long run
teaches nothing but the shape
of the spoon”.
- E. M. Forster
27. “A lot of life is a constant
education”.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
28. “The purpose of education is
to replace an empty mind
with an open one”.
- Malcolm Forbes
29. “Education: that which reveals
to the wise and conceals from
the stupid the vast limits of their
knowledge”.
-Mark Twain
30. “The mind once enlightened
cannot again become dark”.
- Thomas Paine
31. “True teachers are those who use
themselves as bridges over which
they invite their students to cross;
then, having facilitated their
crossing, joyfully
collapse, encouraging them to
create their own”.
- Nikos Kazantzakis
32. “Play is the highest form of
research”.
- Albert Einstein
34. “A mind is like an
umbrella, only useful
when open”.
- Unknown
35. “Teachers don’t just teach: they can
be vital personalities who help young
people to mature, to understand the
world, and to understand the
world, and to understand themselves.
A good education consists of much
more than useful facts and
marketable skills”.
- Charles Platt
36. “I touch the future. I
teach.”
- Christa McAuliffe
37. “Teachers are the one and
only people who save
nations.”
- Mustafa Kamal Ataturk
38. “Whenever you read a good
book somewhere in the world a
door opens to allow in more
light”.
- Vera Nazaria
39. “Human resources are like natural
resources; they’re often buried
deep. You have to go looking for
them; they’re not just lying around
on the surface. You have to create
the circumstances where they
show themselves”.
- Ken Robinson
40. “Too often we give children
answers to remember rather
than problems to solve”.
- Roger Lenin
41. “…it’s not just learning that’s
important. It’s learning what
to do with what you learn
and learning why you learn
things that matters”.
- Norton Juster
