Education Is Lifelong Quotes & Sayings

[T]he more critical lesson I learned that day is still one too many kids never figure out: don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing. — Sonia Sotomayor

Self-discovery is a sacred knowledge — Lailah Gifty Akita

The path of light is quest for knowledge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. — Socrates

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
[Kung Fu Monkey
Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009] — John Rogers

Consequently, the only thing I learned in school was typing. In the old days, people like me who don't have college degrees had a hard time thriving in society. But today, the ability to learn on your own or from your peers has become really easy. I think this change is leading to a fundamental disruption in education. Independent and lifelong learning are really starting to peak - there is an inflection point coming around how people learn. — Joichi Ito

The Old Soul is more inclined to be a lifelong learner, constantly feeding his thirst for insight through his own persistent efforts. His learning has not been forced into him through education or learned out of obligation, but has been absorbed out of curiosity and personal choice. — Aletheia Luna

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. — Albert Einstein

The education of a man is never completed until he dies. — Robert E.Lee

Curiosity is the primary fuel that drives lifelong education. — Dhaval Gajera

Reading is a beautiful paradise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't. — Sean Covey

Ancient literature is a rich history. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-education is lifelong curiosity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's the difference between utility and virtue. Many policy makers now think of education in functional terms. It's about learning skills that will help students find employment - such as using a word processor or spreadsheet. Yet what about helping people to figure out the meaning of life? Or become good people? Or make a difference to others? Is education for a stage in life, completed once we find jobs, or should it be a lifelong pursuit? — Alister E. McGrath

the biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education. — Donald J. Trump

Reading is my breath. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Wisdom is the byproduct of lifelong experience and education. — Debasish Mridha

The world of books is heavenly paradise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov

A book is a sacred gift. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Education, or enrichment, is a dynamic, evolving, lifelong process. Every time you look, sensitively with awareness, your vision grows. — John Paul Caponigro

Our knowledge is limited. However, reading augments our knowledge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Reading is a pleasurable paradise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of the Nation through intelligent, reasoned decisions. Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation. — John F. Kennedy

Knowledge is curiosity to know more. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content rich and complete education. These standards have the potential to support teachers in achieving NEA s purpose of preparing students to thrive in a democratic society and a diverse, changing world as knowledgeable, creative and engaged citizens and lifelong learners. — Lily Eskelsen Garcia

The joy of reading is sacred pleasure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole. — Ben Bernanke

Where you are no is the reflection of your lifelong thoughts and actions. — Debasish Mridha

To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about relationships. Great teachers are not just instructors and test administrators. They are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students. Teaching is an art form. Great teachers know they have to cultivate curiosity, passion and creativity in their students. — Ken Robinson

Literature is a sacred knowledge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Passion for books is the desire to read. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If I have nothing but a room full of books, it is enough for me to survive life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher. — George Whitman

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

Education is lifelong learning adventure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For too long some of our schools have taught too many subjects as subsets of dogmatic commitments ... Too often, education made our students less flexible- confident to the point of arrogance that they now had all the answers- rather than more flexible- humble in their lifelong openness to new questions and new responses. An important goal of quality education is to equip each generation to participate effectively in what has been called 'the great conversation' of our times. This means, on one hand, being unafraid of controversy. But, on the other hand, it also means being sensitive to the values and outlooks of others. — His Highness The Aga Khan

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don't have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence. — Carol S. Dweck

Knowledge is intellectual art. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I realized my predicament early in my First Year. We don't say "Freshman" or "Senior" etc. at UVA because Mr. Jefferson felt that education is a lifelong process — Tina Fey

The world of books is a heavenly paradise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only by giving our very best to the present; we will uphold the timeless future. — Lailah Gifty Akita

True Witchcraft is a path of lifelong self-education.
NOT initiation. — Dacha Avelin

An education is not a thing one gets, but a lifelong process. — Gloria Steinem

What first stuns the young writer emerging from college is that there is no clear-cut road for him to travel on. He must chop a path in the wilderness of his own soul, a disheartening process, lifelong and lonesome and therefore, of what use graduate work? — Brad Gooch

Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel. — Jim Stovall