Looking for some words of wisdom to inspire your students in STEM? Check out our collection of quotes from some of the most successful and influential people in the field!
Stem Quotes for Students
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” – Carl Sagan
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.” – Claude Lévi-Strauss
“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.” – Alan Kay
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
“It is not that I am so smart, it is just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” – Thomas Berger
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
“The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask questions and have a sense of wonder.” – Sylvia Earle
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
“I think it is very important to have a feedback loop, where you are constantly thinking about what you have done and how you could be doing it better.” – Elon Musk
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
“If you are not making mistakes, then you are not making decisions.” – Catherine Cook
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Stem Quotes
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” – Louis Pasteur
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” – William Arthur Ward
“The greatest scientists are artists as well.” – Albert Einstein
“The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The more you know, the more you realize you do not know.” – Aristotle
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein
“I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” – Albert Einstein
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ’Eureka!’ but ’That is funny. ’” – Isaac Asimov
“The best way to learn is by doing.” – Richard Branson
“Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.” – Karen Kaiser Clark
“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.” – Thomas J. Watson
“Technology is anything that makes our lives easier.” – Nicholas Negroponte
Quotes About Stem
“It is not that we use technology, we live technology.” – Godfrey Reggio
“If you cannot make it good, at least make it look good.” – Bill Gates
“In science, there are no shortcuts to truth.” – Carl Sagan
“Technology is a tool that enables us to transcend our biological limitations.” – Ray Kurzweil
“I think it is fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we have ever created.” – Bill Gates
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain
“The important thing is to never stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
“The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask questions and have a sense of wonder.” – Sylvia Earle
“We cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
“Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.” – Galileo Galilei
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” – John Muir
Feel free to share these quotes with students to inspire and motivate them on their STEM journey!