The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.
The world has come around to the view that democracy is essential for full human development. And only education and skill development can make this possible.
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they’re 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
I wanted to race cars. I didn’t like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college.
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.
Our universities and museums are respected around the country.
Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just ‘virtual reality.’
My countrymen, I have given proofs that I am one most anxious for liberties for our country, and I am still desirous of them. But I place as a prior condition the education of the people, that by means of instruction and industry our country may have an individuality of its own and make itself worthy of these liberties.
You can’t have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don’t have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
My idea of the ideal sex education site doesn’t exist.
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education – a virtual requirement for financial security – out of reach for more than one million undocumented students.
Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.
Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.
To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
Providing a quality education for children starts before they even arrive at school.
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?
Concepts like edX and online learning will transform education. This will completely change the world. I believe that people will move to online learning, both on campuses and worldwide. We have a real opportunity to be able to bring people around the world into our fold.
In conclusion, education quotes remind us of the transformative power of learning and the boundless opportunities it presents. They inspire us to embrace education as a lifelong journey, celebrate the joy of acquiring knowledge, and recognize the potential within each of us to make a positive impact in the world. Let these quotes resonate with you as you continue your educational journey, and may they serve as a reminder of the limitless possibilities that education unlocks.