Education Quotes... M

“Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”
                                                Malcolm Forbes

“There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angel-ship.”
                                                Mark Twain

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
                                                Mark Twain

“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
                                                Mark Twain

“To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.”
                                                Mary Pettibone Poole

“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”
                                                Michel de Montaigne

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”
                                                Michel de Montaigne

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