Introduction: Education is the cornerstone of personal growth and development. Throughout history, numerous scholars, thought leaders, and educators have shared their wisdom on the importance and influence of education in our lives. Here, we’ve gathered 50 of the best quotes about education to inspire and motivate you.
1. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
2. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle
4. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
5. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey
6. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
7. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never stop growing.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
8. “Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.” – Shakuntala Devi
9. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.” – Carl Rogers
10. “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” – Nelson Mandela
11. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle
12. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” – Albert Einstein
13. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
14. “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” – Solomon Ortiz
15. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler
16. “In learning, you will teach; and in teaching, you will learn.” – Phil Collins
17. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
18. “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein
19. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.” – Henry Ford
20. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch
21. “It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.” — Agnes Repplier
22. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead
23. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris
24. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.” – Aristotle
25. “Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.” – Sir Claus Moser
26. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
27. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
28. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle
29. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
30. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
31. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle
32. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch
33. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and critically.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
34. “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
35. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey
40. “The highest result of education is tolerance.” – Helen Keller
41. “To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” – Theodore Roosevelt
42. “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
43. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
44. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Derek Bok
45. “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm Forbes
46. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.” – Aristotle
47. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” – Carl Rogers
48. “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
49. “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant
50. “A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.” – George Santayana
