Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.

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

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

If you want a new idea, read an old book.

There is no education like adversity.

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

Public education has not produced an educated public.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.

The minute you get away from fundamentals—whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation—the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.