Education quotes

Education

3.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

3.2K quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside education — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

Quote collection

Education quotes (page 34 of 160)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Kofi Annan Diplomat, Politician
Education

"Acquiring literacy is an empowering process, enabling millions to enjoy access to knowledge and information which broadens horizons, increases opportunities and creates alternatives for building a better life."

Read quote 11 likes
Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
Education

"There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps."

Read quote 10 likes
Brigham Young Religious Leader
Education

"See that your children are properly educated in the rudiments of their mother tongue, and then let them proceed to higher branches of learning."

Read quote 10 likes
Albert Einstein Physicist
Education

"The sole function of education...[is] to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively."

Read quote 10 likes
Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
Education

"Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting."

Read quote 10 likes
Thomas Carlyle Essayist, Historian, Novelist
Education

"You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist - all he must learn are the two words "supply" and "demand.""

Read quote 10 likes