75 Best Back-to-School Quotes to Get Students Ready for Their First Day
Motivate any students with these inspirational and encouraging back-to-school quotes.
It's that time of year again. Back-to-school season is back in full swing, and we know this can be a hectic time for parents, teachers and students alike. Nevertheless, scoring new backpacks and lunch boxes, checking off things from your back-to-school supplies list and getting ready for all things fall is also exciting. We've compiled a list of back-to-school quotes that you can reference if you, your kids or your students need some motivation as the first day of school approaches.
And don't stop here! Check out our fall quotes, back-to-school crafts and more fun ideas.
Joyce Meyer
A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
Harry Wong
The most important day of a person’s education is the first day of school, not graduation day.
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Unknown
Respect your parents. They passed school without Google.
Mark Van Doren
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
Unknown
The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.
Joseph Campbell
The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.
E.C. McKenzie
Some students drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
'Dead Poets Society'
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’
I've always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.
Kim Harrison
I said school starts tomorrow. I didn’t say I was going to be there.
Solomon Ortiz
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
Clay P. Bedford
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
Albert Einstein
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Margaret Fuller
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Lon Watters
School is a building which has four walls with tomorrow inside.
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Alfred Mercier
What we learn with pleasure we never forget.
Herbert Spencer
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
Unknown
School is a lot like toilet paper. You only miss it when it's gone.
George H.W. Bush
Think about every problem, every challenge we face. The solution starts with education.
Walt Disney
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
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Amina is a product review writer and editor who worked as an editorial assistant in the Good Housekeeping Institute from 2018 to 2020, writing original content based on GH Lab experts' product testing and analysis. Amina graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in communication studies and journalism.
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