17 Awesome Quotes About Great Schools & The Importance of Education

Tim Fitzpatrick
Aug 8, 2017 · 3 min read

The importance of K-12 education and great schools cannot be understated. We must provide children with the knowledge and tools they will need to be successful in life. Part of that education comes from our school systems and the other part of that comes from within the home.

Since the school year is about to start I thought it would be appropriate to highlight some of the best quotes about great schools and the importance of education.

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

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

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. — Henry Ford

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

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. — Jacques Barzun

We don’t stop going to school when we graduate. — Carol Burnett

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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. — Malcolm X

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. — Benjamin Franklin

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. — Solomon Ortiz

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. — Napoleon Hill

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. — George Washington Carver

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. — Maimonides

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. — John F. Kennedy

Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Malcolm Forbes

I hope you found some of these quotes inspiring and you never stop learning. I learn new things everyday and I’m grateful for it.

Which one is your favorite?

About The Author

Tim Fitzpatrick is the President & Founder of Rialto Mobile. At Rialto Mobile, we specialize in mobile apps and responsive websites for small businesses and K-12 schools with a focus on increasing conversion, engagement and retention. If you’d like to learn more about what we do CLICK HERE .

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