Each year as summer draws to a close, teachers, parents, and students alike all begin their back to school preparations. Profoundly inspirational back to school quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.
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Famous Back to School Quotes
We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school. Peter De Vries
Don’t try so hard to fit in, and certainly don’t try so hard to be different…just try hard to be you. Zendaya
School is the easiest job you’ll ever have. Marty Klazmer
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming. Goethe
There’s more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island. Walt Disney
I said school starts tomorrow. I didn’t say I was going to be there. Kim Harrison
Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. Oprah Winfrey
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. Clay P. Bedford
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Ben Franklin
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning. Chuck Grassley
You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go. Bill Watterson
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Roger Lewin
A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education. Smiley Blanton
Intelligence plus character—that is the true goal of education. Martin Luther King
There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. George Bernard Shaw
High school looks so much cooler on TV. Unknown
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. Bill Beattie
If you think your teachers are tough, wait ‘til you get a boss. Bill Gates
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. Mahatma Gandhi
Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. Josef Albers
School is a building which has four walls with tomorrow inside. Lon Watters
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Dr. Seuss
One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Malala Yousafzai
School is a lot like toilet paper. You only miss it when it’s gone. Anonymous
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. Chinese proverb
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. Solomon Ortiz
Inspirational Back to School Quotes
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein
Education can get you the only thing that really matters in today’s world—an assigned parking space. Gene Perret
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. Japanese Proverb
You learn something everyday if you pay attention. Ray LeBlond
To raise a child who is comfortable enough to leave you means you’ve done your job. They are not ours to keep, but to teach how to soar on their own. Unknown
It’s not that I hate school. I just hate waking up early in the morning. Unknown
First day of school, make sure that you know your locker combination. Jordan Francis
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. G.K. Chesterton
Education is the difference between wishing you could help other people and being able to help them. Russell M. Nelson
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. Lily Tomlin
The highest result of education is tolerance. Hellen Keller
Respect your parents. They passed school without Google. Anonymous
The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves. Joseph Campbell
The future of the world is in my classroom today. Ivan Welton Fitzwater
Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Edmund Burke
School bells are ringing loud and clear; vacation’s over, school is here. Winifred C. Marshal
The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice. Brian Herbert
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Chinese proverb
Now when you get there, act like somebody. Unknown
I would enjoy school more if I was allowed to bring a pillow. Unknown
All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think. Ken Robinson
