Back To School

With all the hustle and bustle of back to school, I thought it would be fun to share some back to school quotes – found from the world wide web.  Enjoy.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ~Edgar Howe

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. ~Author unknown

Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead, ought to tell a child to go to bed. ~Robert Gallagher

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influene stops.  ~Henry Brooks Adams

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ~Nelson Mandela

You can never be overdressed or over-educated. ~Oscar Wilde

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead. ~Aristotle

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ~W.B. Yeats

Smartness runs in my family.  When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. ~Gracie Allen

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. ~George Washington Carver

The difference between school and life?  In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test.  In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. ~Tom Bodett

There are worse crimes than burning books.  One of them is not reading them. ~Joseph Brodsky

School teachers are not fully appreciated by parents, until it rains all day on Saturday. ~E.C.Mckenzie

And last but not least:  If you can read this, thank a teacher. ~Anonymous

“Happy Back to School!!” to all of my sweet teacher friends and all the kiddos, young adults and not-so-young adults!  Praying this is a wonderful school year for you all!