Are you preparing for back-to-school time, events, and schedules? Do you want to inspire your kids or classroom with back-to-school quotes? The right words leave an impact. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following back-to-school quotes.
- “School bells are ringing loud and clear; vacation’s over, school is here.” – Winifred C. Marshall
- “Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen.” — Conan O’Brien
- “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
- “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” – Thomas Huxley
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela
- “You learn something new every day if you pay attention.” – Ray LeBlond
- “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.” — Oprah Winfrey
- “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss
- “Education is the passport to the future for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X
- “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” — Lily Tomlin
- “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
- “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
- “Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai
- “The first day of school is always like a fashion show. The rest of the year a pajama party.” – Unknown
- “I’ve always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.” — Jenny Han
- “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” – Henry Ford
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
- “Education doesn’t just make us smarter. It makes us whole.” – Dr. Jill Biden
- “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre
- “Is it just me or did mom seem a little bit too happy about the first day of school?” – Unknown
- “The more that you read, the more that you know, the more places you will go.” – Dr. Seuss
- “The highest result of education is tolerance.” – Helen Keller
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” Helen Keller
- “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw
- “Motivation is what get you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Ryun
- “Don’t try hard to fit in, and certainly don’t try hard to be different…just try hard to be you.” – Zendaya
- “Intelligence plus character — that is the true goal of education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.” – Marvin Phillips
- “School is a lot like toilet paper. You only miss it when it’s gone.” – Unknown
- “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
- “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.” – Josie Bisset
- “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred DeVito
- “Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes
- “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé
- “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde
- “A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” – Smiley Blanton
- “In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.” – Harry Wong
- “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
- “Respect your parents, they passed school without Google.” – Unknown
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
- “Learning today, leading tomorrow.” – Unknown
- “Education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.” – Albert Einstein
- “The greatest gift we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” – Maria Montessori
- “Attention, only positive attitude allowed in this area.” – Unknown
- “Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself and be lenient to everybody else.” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.” – Unknown
- “Know this you can start over every morning.” – Unknown
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “A new school year means new beginnings, new adventures, new friendships, and new challenges. The slate is clear and anything can happen.” – Denise Witmer
- “You know it is time to go back to school, when your parents are singing: “It is the most wonderful time of the year.” – Unknown
- “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead
Have a fantastic school year!