Quotes about Education
The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
- John Adams
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
- John Adams
The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.
- John Maxwell
God does not bind the ancient folk to outward doctrine as if they were learning their ABC's.
- John Calvin
But that the necessity of being constantly engaged in learning is owing to our imperfection, he at the same time reminds us, that a subject which is of boundless extent cannot be comprehended by our feeble and narrow capacities.
- John Calvin
Indeed, men who have either quaffed or even tasted the liberal arts penetrate with their aid far more deeply into the secrets of the divine wisdom." - John Calvin
- John Calvin
The worst thing that can happen to a good teacher is to get a bad conscience about her profession because she feels herself hopeless as a psychologist.
- William James
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.
- Stephen Covey
A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
- Thomas Paine
If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.
- Ronald Reagan
Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.
- Ronald Reagan
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
- Benjamin Disraeli