Education Quotes

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

Men are built, not born.... Give me the baby, and I'll make it climb and use its hands in constructing buildings of stone or wood.... I'll make it a thief, a gunman or a dope fiend. The possibilities of shaping in any direction are almost endless.

When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself.

Education is a weapon the effect of which is determined by the hands which wield it, by who is to be struck down.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things.

The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men who are creative, inventive, and discovers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered.

Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite future.

Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new.

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

Remember that consciousness is power. Consciousness is education and knowledge. Consciousness is becoming aware. It is the perfect vehicle for students. Consciousness-raising is pertinent for power, and be sure that power will not be abusively used, but used for building trust and goodwill domestically and internationally. Tomorrow's world is yours to build.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.