Famous Quotes About education

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.

The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently.

Tell me and Ill forget. Show me and Ill remember. Involve me and Ill understand.

If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not remains a fools for life.

When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human being to repeat what is learned without experiencing it.

Children need models rather than critics.