Famous Education Quotes
“The principal goal of education is to create individuals who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.”
-Jean Piaget

“The principal goal of education is to create individuals who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.”

-Jean Piaget

“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.”
-Erasmus

“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.”

-Erasmus

“Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.”
-Frederick Douglass

“Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.”

-Frederick Douglass

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

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

-William Butler Yeats 

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

“Education is the movement from darkness to light.”

-Allan Bloom

“It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others.”
-Mark Twain

“It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others.”

-Mark Twain

The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

-Jacques Barzun

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
-Aristotle

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

-Aristotle

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
-Oscar Wilde

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

-Oscar Wilde