“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” ~~ W. B. Yeats
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“There is no education like adversity.” ~~ Benjamin Disraeli
“Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” ~~ Abraham Lincoln
“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.” ~~ Joseph Addison
“Spoon feeding, in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.” ~~ E.M. Forster
“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then…do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” ~~ Lee Iacocca
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” ~~ Joseph Addison
“There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” ~~ John Adams
