Education Quotes

It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture?

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor.

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.

I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.

Listen, if the mayor wants to have a debate about education in this city, I got three words: bring it on.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.

I give the children education.

In 1998 I invested in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Uni and subsequently put more capital into enterprise education to try and help change the culture.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.'

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state.

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.

My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now.

You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.

If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.

Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.

When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.

A good education is another name for happiness.

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.