42 Quintessential Quotes About Education

Education is one of the many life forces of our generation! Without it, we’d run into a multitude of problems. Because our students don’t always see it this way, it’s important to take the time to reignite their passion for learning. To help you achieve this, we’ve collected 42 quintessential quotes about education. Decorate your classroom with them, consider implementing a quote of the day into your morning routine, or even print and laminate them to distribute amongst your students at the start of the year. 

1. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats

2. “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain

3. “Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.” – Lyndon B. Johnson

4. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Derek Bok

5. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

6. “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle

7. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

8. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

9. “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” – Abigail Adams

10. “Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.” – Shakuntala Devi

11. “The best education is not given to students; it is drawn out of them.” – Gerald Belcher

12. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

13. “Education is the movement from darkness to light.” – Allan Bloom.

14. “The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.” – Jean Piaget

15. “The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.” – Alexandra K. Trenfor

16. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

17. “I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein

18. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris

19. “Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” – Colleen Wilcox

20. “Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.” – Christine Gregoire

21. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey

22. “The purpose of education is to an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm Forbes

23. “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch

24. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin

25. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King

26. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” – Carl Rogers

27. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams

28. “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” – Brigham Young

29. “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” – Socrates

30. “Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions.” – William Allin

31. “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” – Bill Beattie

32. “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” – Albert Einstein

33. “The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.” – William S. Burroughs

34. “Education is not received. It is achieved.” – Albert Einstein

35. “Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

36. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

37. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

38. “The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.” – Mortimer Adler

39. “Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” – W.B. Yeats

40. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

41. “Education is not about filling a pail, but about lighting a fire.” – W.B. Yeats

42. “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver