Education Quotes

"Good coaching may be defined as the development of character, personality and habits of players, plus the teaching of fundamentals and team play."

- Claire Bee

"Our children should be properly introduced to the world in which they live."

- Thomas Berry

""The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.""

- Dr. Seuss

"For every day of training in peacetime, we may save weeks and months of war."

- Secretary Of War Robert P. Patterson

"Many Karate teachers teach a watered down style – no hip action and no depth of punching – so it is easy to say that these teachers have no depth to their knowledge. You are what your teacher is, and if he knows a lot, you should be able to demonstrate this knowledge."

- Yuchoku Higa

"In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata."

- Gichin Funakoshi

"Once a kata has been learned, it must be practiced repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a form in Karate is useless."

- Gichin Funakoshi

"Our teachers did not give us a clear explanation of the kata from old times. I must find the features and meaning of each form by my own study and effort, by repeating the exercises of form through training."

- Tsuyoshi Chitose

"You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning Karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of Karate."

- Gichin Funakoshi

"All kata use the so-called postures (kamae). In fact, there are many kinds of postures and many kinds of kata. While learning these postures should not be totally ignored, we must be careful not to overlook that they are just forms or templates of sort; it is the function of their application which needs to be mastered."

- Choki Motobu

"You can only fight the way you practice."

- Miyamoto Musashi

"A good instructor teaches students how to fight, a great instructor teaches students how to survive."

- Ricardo Almeida

"Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques."

- Kyuzo Mifune

"No such thing bad student. Only bad teacher."

- Mr. Miyagi, The Karate Kid

""Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.""

- Jim Rohn

"In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don’t make mistakes."

- Robert Kiyosaki

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."

- Albert Einstein

"Books are dangerous. The best ones should be labeled with “This could change your life”."

- Helen Exley

"Education is the key to unlocking the golden door of freedom."

- George Washington Carver

"I am not a teacher but an awakener."

- Robert Frost

"The more you teach / push those things that can be measured, the more kids will grow up feeling like they don’t measure up."

- Vince Gowmon

""Material wealth starts with mental wealth. Build a better mind, get a better life.""

- Orange Book

""You are what you read.""

- Alex Wieckowski

""The leader who intends to grow spiritually and intellectually must be reading constantly.""

- J. Oswald Sanders

""Reading is still the main way I both learn new things and test my understanding.""

- Bill Gates

"The open range teaches you more about life than any book ever could."

"Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold."

"Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out."

"The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it."

"If we value all readers, we must value all reading."