Famous Quotes on Critical Thinking 💭

Here are some famous quotes related to critical thinking:

1. “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” – William Bruce Cameron (often falsely attributed to Albert Einstein)

2. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle

3. “An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.” – Anatole France

4. “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.” – William Haley, British Editor

6. “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” – Roger Lewin

7. “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” – Henri Bergson, French Philosopher and Educator

8. “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman

9. “The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher

10. “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” – Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady of the United States

11. “Genius without an education is like silver in the mine.” – Benjamin Franklin, American Diplomat, Scientist, and Writer

12. “Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.” – Nikki Giovanni, American poet

13. “Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” – Colleen Wilcox, American school administrator

14. “The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.” – Max Beerbohm, British Critic, Essayist, and Caricaturist

15. “Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy

16. “No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it. We need to see the world anew.” – Albert Einstein

17. “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

18. “Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used.” – Carl Sagan

19. “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.” – Voltaire

20. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one learned in school.” – Albert Einstein

Please note that some quotes may appear more than once in the list provided.

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1. “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted ______.”
a) matters
b) is significant
c) is measurable

2. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without ______ it.”
a) analyzing
b) accepting
c) criticizing

3. “An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and ______ you don’t.”
a) what
b) what’s relevant
c) what’s applicable

4. “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and ______.”
a) create your own trail
b) leave a mark
c) explore new horizons

5. “Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know ______.”
a) their limitations
b) how to think critically
c) the value of knowledge

6. “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than ______.”
a) questions to ponder
b) problems to solve
c) concepts to explore

7. “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to ______.”
a) perceive
b) understand
c) comprehend

8. “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, ______.”
a) you won’t
b) you’re probably right
c) you should try harder

9. “The man who can make hard things easy is ______.”
a) a true genius
b) an exceptional thinker
c) an effective educator

10. “Children are apt to live up to ______.”
a) their potential
b) their own expectations
c) the standards set for them

11. “Genius without an education is like ______.”
a) a wasted opportunity
b) an untapped resource
c) silver in the mine

12. “Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the ______ that counts.”
a) resilience
b) response to errors
c) ability to learn from them

13. “Teaching is the greatest act of ______.”
a) inspiration
b) enlightenment
c) optimism

14. “The one real goal of education is to leave a person ______ questions.”
a) seeking
b) answering
c) questioning

15. “Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort ______.”
a) of criticism
b) of confrontation
c) of thought