14 of Our All-Time Favorite Classroom Quotes
1. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
2. “The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.” – Jean Piaget
3. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris
4. “A good education is a foundation for a better future.” – Elizabeth Warren
5. “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” – Solomon Ortiz
6. “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
7. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
8. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
9. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
10. “The future of the world is in my classroom today.” – Ivan Welton Fitzwater
11. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey
12. “Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.” – Abraham Lincoln
13. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
14. “Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.” – Rita Pierson