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30 inspiring quotes for your students

“The man who does not read books has no advantage over the one who cannot read them.” — Mark
Twain
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” —
Malcolm X
“Teachers can open the door, but you must enter it yourself.” — Chinese proverb
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” —B.B. King
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” — BB King
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be ignited.” – Plutarch
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." — Albert Einstein
“Learning is never done without errors and defeat.” – Vladimir Lenin
“Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.” — Babe Ruth
“Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.” — Mason Cooley
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
The expert in anything was once a beginner — Helen Hayes.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Beverly Stills
“I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” — Elon Musk
“I find that the harder I work; the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Genius is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration.” — Thomas Edison
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated.” — R Collier
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” —Abraham Lincoln
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” - A.A Milne
“Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
"The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll
go.” — Dr. Seuss
“Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader.” – Anonymous
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” — Jennifer Dukes Lee
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” — Ken Blanchard
“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool
forever.” — Chinese Proverb
You have to be odd to be no.1.” — Dr. Seuss

Quotes for kids


Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference. – Claire Fagan
No one is perfect, that’s why pencils have erasers. – Wolfgang Riebe
Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. –
Bonnie Blair
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with
all the facts. – Albert Einstein
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D Rockefeller
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. – Barack Obama
Intelligence plus character is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Failure is a success if we learn from it. – Malcolm Forbes
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated. – Horace Mann
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. – Albert Einstein
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. – Francis Bacon
Education is helping the child realize his potentialities. – Erich Fromm
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. – William S. Burroughs
A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers. – Helen Keller
When you talk, you are only repeating something you know. But if you listen, you may learn something
new. – Dalai Lama
Education is a never-ending light that enlightens our path of life. – Debasish Mridha
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and the world better than
you found it. – Marian Wright Edelman
The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future
and change lives. – Malala Yousafzai
Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. – William Arthur Ward
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. – William Arthur Ward
Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs. – Henry Ford

Learning never exhausts the mind. – Leonardo da Vinci

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. – James Dewar
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. – Og Mandino

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. – Chinese proverb

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. – Benjamin Disraeli

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day. – Samantha Barks

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better
books can there be than the book of humanity. – Cesar Chavez

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. – Herbert Spencer

You learn something every day if you pay attention. – Ray LeBlond

Learning ignites curiosity.

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. – Margaret Mead

Preparation is a process. – Lailah Gifty Akita

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. – Bob Talbert
Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. – Jim Rohn
All things good to know are difficult to learn. – Greek proverb

Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the
target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. – Swami
Sivananda

Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning. – Fred Rogers

With the new day comes, new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and
learning because you love learning not worrying about competition. – Maya Lin

Going to school is not only learning about different subjects, it teaches you communication, it teaches you
how to live a life, it teaches you about history, it teaches you about how science is working. – Malala
Yousafzai

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

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

A good education is a foundation for a better future. – Elizabeth Warren

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams. – Patrice Motsepe

Learn as much as you can while you are young since life becomes too busy later. – Dana Stewart Scott

Be yourself, for everybody else is already taken. – Oscar Wilde


The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. – Robert M
Hutchins

Your library is your paradise. – Desiderius Erasmus

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body – Joseph Addison

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein 

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