It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

Love is love’s reward.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man – and I will show you a failure.

All animals are born with innocence, curiosity and love.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

Education is the best provision for old age.