Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity - it is a prerequisite.
I know why the caged bird sings.
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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