Quotes about Education

The education of the human race, represented by the people of God, has advanced, like that of an individual, through certain epochs, or, as it were, ages, so that it might gradually rise from earthly to heavenly things, and from the visible to the invisible.

He that will teach himself in school, becomes a scholar to a fool.

Beware the man of a single book.

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.

The whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the wall and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth.

Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.

The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it — that's how we learn.

My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.

When I left school I went onto the shop floor, working 12-hour shifts in a TV factory. My workmates were sharp, skilled and all capable of enjoying higher education - but they didn't have that opportunity.

People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.

Most leaders assume that everybody who comes to church knows God's mind on financial matters. But the truth is that many people are absolutely clueless regarding the basic principles of Christian financial management. Leaders and teachers need to educate their congregations before they can expect them to honor God with their money and eventually get excited about resourcing the church.