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Ten Most Popular Back-to-School Quotes
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1. "Live as if you
were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever."
- Mohandas Gandhi
(1869-1948) Indian nationalist leader - known as Mahatma ("the great soul"); fasted for three weeks in 1921 to protest political violence.
2. "Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education
is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
- Will Durant
(1885-1991) U.S. historian and author - known for authoring the 11 volume Story of Civilization (1935-75).
3. "The important thing is never to stop questioning."
-- Albert Einstein
(1879-1955) U.S. (German born) scientist - famous for photoelectric light theory and theory of relativity (E=mc2); awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921; known as a pacifist.
4. "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
-- Mark Twain
(1835-1910), (Samuel Clemens) U.S. author - adopted name from Mississippi boatmen's call; wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), drawn from his own boyhood experiences.
5. "When the student is ready the teacher will appear."
-- Lao Tzu
(c.600 BC) Chinese philosopher - known as "Old Master"; founder of Chinese Taoism; Taoists believe that he lived more than once and became the Buddha.
6. "purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
-- Malcolm Forbes
(1919-1990) U.S. journalist - editor and publisher of Forbes magazine; known for extravagant parties and colorful hobbies (hot-air ballooning and Fabergé eggs); father of Steve Forbes.
7. "Learning is not compulsory ... neither is survival. "
--
Henry Ward Beecher
(1900-1993) U.S. management consultant - statistician; books include Quality, Productivity and Competitive Position (1982); his ideas have influenced Ford, Toyota and General Motors.
8. "can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think."
-- Elbert Hubbard
(1856-1915) U.S. author - established the Roycrofters, a New York community of craftsmen, in 1893; wrote A Message to Garcia (1899).
9. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot
read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn."
--
William Shakespeare
(1928-) U.S. journalist - futurist; author of books about social change, Future Shock (1970) and The Third Wave (1980); considered to have influenced science-fiction writers in the '70s.
10. "Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what
you get if you don't."
-- Lydia M. Child
(1919-) U.S. folk singer and songwriter - formed The Almanac Singers and later joined The Weavers; known for Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (1961).