Education Quotes

All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings. ~ The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells He seemed a kind of cannon loaded to the muzzle with facts, and prepared to blow them clean out of the regions of childhood at one discharge. He seemed a galvanizing apparatus, too, charged with a grim mechanical substitute for the tender young imaginations that were to be stormed away. ~ Hard Times by Charles Dickens Every page of every book was a peep-hole into the realm of knowledge. His hunger fed upon what he read, and increased. ~ Martin Eden by Jack London "When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery "All life lessons are not learned at college," she thought. "Life teaches them everywhere." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher. ~ Ulysses by James Joyce "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. " ~ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens "At forty you stand upon the threshold of life, with values learned and rubbish cleared away. " ~ A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood "If you exercise your mind, George, it will get hungry just as your body does." ~ Little Men by Louisa May Alcott "I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." ~ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott