Education Quotes

Those who teach children well deserve more honor than those who simply give birth to them; parents give life, but teachers provide the skill of living well.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant in the minds of his citizens.

Education is a valuable asset when things are going well and a safe haven when things are hard.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences-makes them, as the poets tell us, 'charm the crowd's ears more finely.' Educated men lay down broad general principles; uneducated men argue from... ...

Good habits learned in youth make all the difference later in life.

The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.