Education Quotes

"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."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Children are not things to be moulded, but people to be unfolded."

- Jess Lair

"In learning, you will teach, and in teaching, you will learn."

- Phil Collins

"The word ‘education’ comes from the Latin ‘educere’ = e- (out of) + -ducere (to draw). Education is not just about putting information in. We have forgotten that it, in fact, begins in the child’s heart."

- Vince Gowmon

"By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man; body, mind and spirit."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are."

- Jim Henson

"Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions – opening doors for them in places that they could not imagine."

- Yawar Baig

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults."

- F. Douglas

"You cannot make people learn. You can only provide the right conditions for learning to happen."

- Vince Gowmon

"The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment."

- Maria Montessori

"Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves."

- Jean Piaget

"If you trust play, you will not have to control your child’s development as much. Play will raise the child in ways you can never imagine."

- Vince Gowmon

"The trouble with over-structuring is that it discourages exploration."

- Jay Giedd

"Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play."

- Magda Gerber

"Since the jobs that our preschoolers will do probably don’t exist yet, our priority is to teach them the skills to adapt and inquire and question and cooperate…life skills. So much more useful than rigid concepts such as the alphabet."

- Caroline Bellouse

"Anything you can teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, often in ways that are more enjoyable for children."

- Cathy James

"The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves."

- Roald Dahl

"Be sure that in your educating you are not manufacturing obedient citizens, but rather unleashing powerful, creative souls."

- Vince Gowmon

"For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does ‘just for fun’ and things that are ‘educational.’ The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play."

- Penelope Leach

"Education is an important route to success, but let’s not forget that the education system is imperfect. It doesn’t suit everyone’s learning style, which can be frustrating and demoralizing at times. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."

- Albert Einstein

"Education not just preparation for life, but part of life itself – a continuous art."

- Henry Ford

"Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting."

- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

"Learning should be engaging. Testing should not be the be all and end all."

- Randi Weingarten

"Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it."

- Campbell Brown

"Emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head – it is the unique intersection of both."

- David Caruso

"I've never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life."

- Bobby Knight

"Teachers plant the seeds of knowledge that will grow forever."

- Unknown

"Granddaughter, teaching you things that my grandmother taught me is humbling."

"Your dad will teach you how to eat fish. Your grandpa will teach you how to catch a fish."

"Always seek knowledge, as it is your most potent tool for success."