“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.”
John Dewey
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Education Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · EDUCATION
Education Quotes
Read 200 of the best education quotes about learning, teaching, students and knowledge, from Aristotle, Confucius, Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey and more.
“Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
PurposeLife
“I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
BooksEquality
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
Victor Hugo
ReadingLiteracy
“Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul.”
Walt Whitman
Independent ThinkingCritical Thinking
“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
ExperienceBooks
“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.”
Benjamin Franklin
Love Of ReadingChildhood
“The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.”
Thomas Henry Huxley
CuriosityHumility
“Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of Arithmetic - Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.”
Lewis Carroll
School SubjectsFunny
“That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lessen from day to day.”
Lewis Carroll
LessonsFunny
“The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge.”
The Bible (Proverbs 15:14)
CuriosityWisdom
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”
The Bible (Hosea 4:6)
KnowledgeWarning
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament.”
The Bible (Daniel 12:3)
WisdomLight
“Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.”
The Bible (Proverbs 9:8)
FeedbackHumility
“The excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 7:12)
WisdomLife
“Every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.”
The Bible (Matthew 13:52)
KnowledgeTeaching
“They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
The Bible (Acts 17:11)
Critical ThinkingStudy
“Brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner.”
The Bible (Acts 22:3)
MentorshipTeachers
“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
The Bible (2 Peter 3:18)
GrowthFaith
“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not.”
The Bible (Proverbs 4:5)
WisdomUnderstanding
“The words of the wise are as goads.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 12:11)
WisdomMotivation
“I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
The Bible (Jeremiah 3:15)
TeachersKnowledge
“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.”
The Bible (Isaiah 54:13)
ChildrenPeace
“I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
The Bible (Philippians 4:11)
Life LessonsContentment
“My son, gather instruction from thy youth up: so shalt thou find wisdom till thine old age.”
The Bible (Sirach 6:18)
Lifelong LearningWisdom