Best 32 quotes in «college education quotes» category

-Too often college Bible classes end up like this- With eager knife that oft has sliced At Gentile gloss, or Jewish fable, Before the crowd you lay the Christ Upon the lecture table. From bondage to the old beliefs You say our rescue must begin, But I want refuge from my griefs And saving from my sin. The strong, the easy and the glad Hang, blandly listening, on your word; But I am sick, and I am sad, And I want Thee, O Lord. (From Amy Carmichael's 1950 bio of Thomas Walker of Tinnevelly, India — poem written in about 1905 by Canon Ainger)

We are capable of learning.

What you read at Columbia is Plato's Republic and Homer's Iliad. What you learn at Columbia is that reading isn't education. Education is figuring out the hard way that at a school like Columbia, what you read isn't nearly as important as what you wear, how you look, and how much you know about sucking up to professors who really couldn't give a shit about whether some nameless, faceless kid in the 23rd row will work or starve after graduation.

Universities are reluctant to update their syllabus as per industry requirement, not because their students will have to take the trouble to learn new things but because their professors will have to take the trouble to teach new things.

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.

A book is a treasure of life.

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

A lot of people mistake having some degrees with being educated. Most degrees are nothing but certifications for higher paying jobs.

Daily reading is a sacred knowledge.

Education is the key to self-development and empowerment

Academics and Alcohol was the balance for living life as a college student.

A university cannot make an imbecile less of a fool, neither can it make a warped mind straight; it is supposed to be a laboratory for the inquisitive mind so that he or she can take advantage of its academic resources. - On Academic Learning

College is a different scene than it was ten years ago. It used to be all about sex and drugs. Now it’s all about texting and fast food.

Education changes lives and scholarships make it affordable.

Having a college degree does not make you educated. Always learning new things is what makes you educated.

Everybody must be given the opportunity for self liberation and development.

How could we love books more than money? This is the state of book lovers.

Keep learning, keep learning!

It is easy to give up than to endure. Always choose the latter.

Life gives us experiences for personal development. Appreciate the lessons and be a learner.

Life is learning process. We must keep learning.

I suppose I could have been nicer when I was at Columbia. I could have been polite, respectful, turned in my papers on time. Funny thing is, I knew a guy like that. English major. Loved to read. Never got in any trouble, just hung out in Butler Library reading poetry and English history. Ran into him the other day. Guy has three master's degrees, taught high school, even did a few years in the Marines. Know what he does today? He makes $9.75 an hour as a librarian. I was a jerk when I went to Columbia. But I was never a sucker.

Lover of books, lover of knowledge.

School exams are memory tests, in real-world no one is going to stop you from referring a book to solve a problem.

Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads.

Self learner; reading.

So many books to read, will I ever finish reading?

My expectations from the university were perhaps too idealistic. I had dreams of learning things about innovation and discovery in the field of technology, but all of it hit the ground hard, when I faced with the pathetic reality of the so-called higher education system. To my surprise, I found myself stuck behind the walls of meaningless facts, figures and rankings. It occurred to me that, it was not actually a place for education, rather it was a place where you go to get your head filled with useless undigested information, that you’d probably never use throughout your entire life. It was not education, and moreover, it was definitely not science.

Read good books to improve yourself.

The different shades of colours present cultural diversity.

The pursuit of our dreams is not without any difficulty. Those who triumph have learn’t to overcome the difficulty.

The world of books is my fantasy.