Quotes

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." Calvin Coolidge

"Education is not preparation for life; Education is life itself." John Dewey

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." Aristotle

"Everybody is a Genius. but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Albert Einstein

"It's what we think we know that keeps us from learning." Claude Bernard

"When you know better you do better." Maya Angelou

"He, who opens a school door, closes a prison." Victor Hugo

"Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves." Ernest Dimnet 

Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. Nikos Kazantzakis