50 Short Back to School Quotes and Sayings
A new school year is a new beginning, so we have put together a list of the best back to school quotes for your next post.
And if you’re looking for short back to school sayings for students or teachers, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Back to School Quotes
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” — Plutarch
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” — B.B. King
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” — Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — William Butler Yeats
“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” — Helen Hayes
“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” — Chinese Proverb
“The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.” — Paul Halmos
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Wisdom begins with wonder.” — Socrates
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” — Robert Collier
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” — Margaret Mead
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” — Leonardo da Vinci
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” — Sydney J. Harris
“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.” — Confucius
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” — Chinese Proverb
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
“Teachers can open the door; you must enter it yourself.” — Unknown
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” — Albert Schweitzer
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin
“School is a building with four walls and tomorrow inside.” — Lon Watters
“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” — Brian Herbert
“Every student can learn, just not on the same day or in the same way.” — George Evans
“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” — Pope John Paul II
“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” — Malcolm Forbes
“Small beginnings are the launching pad to great endings.” — Joyce Meyer
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” — Herbert Spencer
“It is better to know how to learn than to know.” — Dr. Seuss
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.” — W. Edwards Deming
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” — William Arthur Ward
“Mistakes are proof that you are trying.” — Jennifer Lim
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” — G.K. Chesterton
Funny Back to School Quotes
“Respect your parents. They passed school without Google.” — Anonymous
“School is a lot like toilet paper. You only miss it when it’s gone.” — Anonymous
“You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.” — Bill Watterson
“I said school starts tomorrow. I didn’t say I was going to be there.” — Kim Harrison
“It’s not that I hate school. I just hate waking up early in the morning.” — Unknown
“Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken.” — Bill Dodds
“Some students drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.” — E.C. McKenzie
“The first day of school: the day when the countdown to the last day of school begins.” — Unknown
“There is only one thing bigger than a kindergartner’s curiosity, and that’s their backpack.” — Unknown
“Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.” — Fran Lebowitz
