Education Quotes
This collection of education quotes was inspired by the following quote from William Butler Yeats:
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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“Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying ‘I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award.’ The other is ‘You want fries with that?'” ~~ Robin Williams
“The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.” ~~ Martha Beck
“If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” ~~ Bob Hope
“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. ” ~~ Claude Monet
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~~ T. S. Eliot
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.” ~~ Elbert Hubbard
“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” ~~ Sojourner Truth
“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.” ~~ Euripides
