“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”

“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.”

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?”

“To teach is to learn twice.”

“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.”

“A man’s mind, stretched by new ideas, may never return to its original dimensions.”

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

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.”

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest"

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."