Education Quotes

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."

- Albert Einstein

"Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others."

- Brandon Mull

"Even if you're on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."

- Will Rogers

"A teacher's job is to take a bunch of lives wires and see that they are well-grounded."

- Darwin D. Martin

"A teacher is a person who never says anything once."

- Howard Nemerov

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel."

- Carl W. Buechner

"It is the teacher that makes the difference. Not the classroom."

- Michael Morpurgo

"Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon."

- Ann Lieberman

"The secret in education lies in respecting the student."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts."

- C. S. Lewis

"To this end, the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher."

- John Strachan

"Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth."

- Helen Caldicott

"Teachers are people who start things they never see finished, and for which they never get thanks until it is too late."

- Max Forman

"What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"

- Cicero

"If kids come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important."

- Barbara Colorose

"The things you learn from sports – setting goals, being part of a team, confidence – that’s invaluable."

- Summer Sanders

"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."

- Chinese Proverb

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

- Dr. Seuss

"Although your educational journey may be difficult at times, you will reap the reward of utmost satisfaction when holding your nursing diploma for the first time—and nothing will ever compare to the fulfillment that improving and saving the lives of others will bring!"

- Mikhail Shneyder

"It’s not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings."

- Ann Landers

"If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance."

- Howard Gardner

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."

- Herbert Spencer

"Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions."

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

"Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader."

"While that’s correct… it’s not the most correct. This is nursing school."

"Nursing school is a lot like giving birth… Once it’s over, you tend to forget just how painful the process really was."

"Wednesday teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."

"Wednesday assignments are opportunities to showcase your knowledge and skills."

"In every Wednesday class, look for the lesson beyond the textbook."