A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.
Smiley BlantonEducation's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Malcolm ForbesWith all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.
Clarence DarrowA good education should leave much to be desired.
Alan GreggRewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.
Chuang TzuEducation is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
Karl KrausA different type of education came when as a member of a medical corps in the National Guard I spent several weeks in a military camp in California.
Paul D BoyerIf someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around
Jim RohnVitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realise the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
B C ForbesMy mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
George WashingtonI'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that. [Surely not!]
Sam DashSince every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.
Emma GoldmanThe Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.
Avery BrundageThe whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Sydney HarrisCuriosity, or the love of knowledge, has a very limited influence, and requires youth, leisure education, genius and example to make it govern any person
David HumeI respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
Wilson MiznerEducation is the cornerstone of our communities and our country
Bill FristNothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common then unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ' press on ' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin CoolidgeFinancial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it’s not just the rich kids that learn about money... it’s all of us.
David BachEducation, education, education (well-known mantra)
Tony BlairThe sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.
Avery BrundageEducation is the best provision for old age.
AristotleIf little else, the brain is an educational toy.
Tom RobbinsEducation is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
AristotleEducation is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will DurantSome people say we need to build on the Blair education reforms. This would be building on sand.
David DavisI wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.
Thomas DayI admired Hitler because he came from being a little man with almost no education to power. But I didn't admire him for what he did with it.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleI know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education.
Thomas JeffersonNations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. [and therein lies the problem?]
Abraham FlexnerPublic education is an investment in our future.
Matt BluntEducation about the animals is the most important thing to me.
Steve IrwinThere are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA college education shows a man how little other people know.
Thomas HaliburtonThe first duty of a government is to give education to the people.
Simon BolivarEverything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights
Susan TaylorIt is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Robert G IngersollWhy should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
Erich FrommA man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Theodore RooseveltIf income was directly proportional to technical proficiency and education, classical and jazz musicians would be some of the most affluent people in the world.
Robert ColemanA thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
Theodore RooseveltA quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.
Audrey HepburnEducation, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
Ambrose BierceThe real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions
Bishop CreightonEducation has become a prisoner of contemporaneity. It is the past, not the dizzy present, that is the best door to the future.
Camille Paglia What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
Wendell PhillipsWhat sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Joseph AddisonEducation begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
John LockeAll men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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