Educational Quotes

Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way.

You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.

A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and thy're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children.

Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs.

Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.

Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

If you wonder what getting and keeping the right employees has to do with getting and keeping the right customers, the answer is everything.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

You must never actually cheat the customer, even if you can. You must make her happy and satisfied, so she will come back.

We need to look at learning as the product of educational self-organization. It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about letting it happen.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

Find your passion, learn how to add value to it, and commit to a lifetime of learning.

Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.

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

The biggest atrocity of all is to indoctrinate our children into a system that does not value their creative expression, nor encourage their unique abilities.

The most important adage and the only adage is, the customer comes first, whatever the business, the customer comes first.

As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.

THE BIGGEST TEST FOR PARENTS IS NOT HOW THEY PARENT, BUT HOW THEY RESPOND TO DISORDER AND UNPREDICTABILITY

The educational system should be a sieve, through which all the children of a country are passed. It is highly desirable that no child escape inspection.

Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.

If anything goes wrong, the customer doesn't care whose fault it is. He's the one who's going to suffer anyway.

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.

Don't make promises unless you will keep them. Not planning to keep them. Will keep them. Reliability is one of the keys to any good relationship, and good customer service is no exception.

Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service wins the game.

I cannot be a teacher without exposing who I am.

You can't unscramble eggs.

Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student.

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.

My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.'

Ones vision is not a road map but a compass.

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

Unless you have 100% customer satisfaction, you must improve.

Map out your future, but do it in pencil.