School Quotes

Welcome to School Quotes, the ultimate source for inspirational and motivational quotes for students, teachers, and everyone in between. Here you will find a collection of quotes from famous authors, celebrities, and historical figures that will help you stay motivated and inspired throughout your educational journey. Whether you are looking for a quote to get you through a tough exam or a quote to help you stay focused on your goals, you will find it here. So take a look around and find the perfect quote to help you reach your full potential.
Small: Abraham Lincoln - The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in
Abraham Lincoln
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: Roger McGough - I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasnt as good as other peoples, you know, so th
Roger McGough
"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off"
Roger McGough, Poet
Small: Lance Burton - I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so
"I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers"
Lance Burton, Entertainer
Small: Virginia Madsen - I spend a lot of time at my sons school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids coul
"I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies"
Virginia Madsen, Actress
Small: Chris Van Allsburg - There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being abl
Chris Van Allsburg
"There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl could draw horses so well, she was looked upon as a kind of sorceress"
Chris Van Allsburg, Author
Small: Benjamin Franklin - Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other
Benjamin Franklin
"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Henry Ward Beecher - A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the
Henry Ward Beecher
"A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: George Santayana - A child educated only at school is an uneducated child
George Santayana
"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child"
George Santayana, Philosopher
Small: Mary MacCracken - A child who struggles in school needs someone to believe in them and provide the support the
Mary MacCracken
"A child who struggles in school needs someone to believe in them and provide the support they need to succeed"
Mary MacCracken, Writer
Small: Samuel Taylor Coleridge - To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet
Small: William Ellery Channing - The home is the chief school of human virtues
William Ellery Channing
"The home is the chief school of human virtues"
William Ellery Channing, Writer
Small: Samuel Smiles - Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction a
Samuel Smiles
"Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only"
Samuel Smiles, Author
Small: Albert Einstein - Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school
Albert Einstein
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: Vince Lombardi - A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall
Vince Lombardi
"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: John Dyer - I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skip
John Dyer
"I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level"
John Dyer, Artist
Small: Pamela Stephenson - I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry
Pamela Stephenson
"I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out"
Pamela Stephenson, Actress
Small: Marilyn vos Savant - Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you dont get stuck for life w
Marilyn vos Savant
"Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school"
Marilyn vos Savant, Writer
Small: Dave Winfield - Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota
"Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota"
Dave Winfield, Athlete
Small: Ben Nicholson - When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like
Ben Nicholson
"When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life"
Ben Nicholson, Artist
Small: Colin Powell - I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public colle
Colin Powell
"I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it"
Colin Powell, Statesman
Small: Charlie Sheen - Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever
"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever"
Charlie Sheen, Actor
Small: John W. Gardner - The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of purs
John W. Gardner
"The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: H. L. Mencken - A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their pare
H. L. Mencken
"A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
Small: Beth Henley - Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class
Beth Henley
"Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class"
Beth Henley, Playwright
Small: Beth Henley - The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who wor
Beth Henley
"The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi"
Beth Henley, Playwright
Small: Beth Henley - The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Da
Beth Henley
"The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress"
Beth Henley, Playwright
Small: Sam Donaldson - My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school
"My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: Philip Zimbardo - My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghett
"My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college"
Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist
Small: Harold Bloom - What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinkin
"What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology"
Harold Bloom, Critic
Small: Zhang Ziyi - I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldnt just give up and leave school.
"I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place"
Zhang Ziyi, Actress
Small: Daniel Radcliffe - When I get into trouble at school Id like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me a
Daniel Radcliffe
"When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me"
Daniel Radcliffe, Actor
Small: Imogen Cunningham - I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art sc
"I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: Adam Schiff - Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system
Adam Schiff
"Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system"
Adam Schiff, Politician
Small: Birch Bayh - But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten
"But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government"
Birch Bayh, Politician
Small: Charles Kuralt - Since my retirement, Ive spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the
"Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens"
Charles Kuralt, Journalist
Small: Busta Rhymes - Its been three years since I last performed here so Im dying to tear the roof off Wembley Arena
"It's been three years since I last performed here so I'm dying to tear the roof off Wembley Arena with some old school joints and brand new bangers. When I'm done, you're gonna remember it for a long time to come"
Busta Rhymes, Musician
Small: Aaron Eckhart - But then, even with sex, Im more in the school of less is more in movies
Aaron Eckhart
"But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies"
Aaron Eckhart, Actor
Small: Spalding Gray - I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I wo
"I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would have a girlfriend. I think that's where a lot of my pain comes from. I think I never had any teenage years to go back to"
Spalding Gray, Actor
Small: Barbra Streisand - A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law
Barbra Streisand
"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion"
Barbra Streisand, Actress
Small: Stanislav Grof - I read Freuds Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to
"I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience"
Stanislav Grof, Psychologist
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