Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

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

A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn how to be more fully a human being, how to draw upon one's resources, how to discipline the mind and expand the imagination; how to make some sense out of the big world we will shortly be thrown into.

To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.

Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.

We need education across the board on all fronts.

All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever.

Education should be as broad as man.

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

The goal, I think, of American education, for decades, and across many, many scholars, was basically to teach people broad lessons in how to live life, how to engage life, how to essentially be effective citizens and effective people.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

Education does loads of things for girls that won't surprise you at all - it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to make a living.

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

Month after month, Wizard Academy equips people who want to make a difference. This is why journalists and scientists and artists and educators and business owners and advertising professionals and ministers are attracted to our little school.

Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.

Education is equally important in one's life.

You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.

When you're educated, it allows you to be more worldly. It's more than just what happens in a classroom.