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Quotes about Education & Learning PART III


The kids in our classroom are infinitely more significant than the subject matter we teach. – Meladee McCarty

You will not reap the fruit of individuality in your children if you clone their education. – Marilyn Howshall

It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning. – Claude Bernard

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. –  John Wooden

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. – Anthony Jay

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. – Roger Lewin

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. – Ruby Dee

What did you ASK at school today? – Richard Fenyman

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

The only thing better than education is more education. – Agnes E. Benedict

A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules. – Vivek Wadhwa

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis. – Dalai Lama

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds – Albert Einstein

Training teaches how. Education teaches why. – Nido Qubein

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. – Helen Keller

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. –  Confucius

The most beautiful things in the creating of the child are his “mistakes.” The more a child’s work is full of these individual mistakes the more wonderful it is. And the more a teacher removes them from the child’s work the duller, more desolate and impersonal it becomes. – Franz Cizek

Perfection is a polished collection of errors. – Mario Benedetti

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven. – Edward De Bono



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