Education Quotes

That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will.

Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion.

We can only transform humanity and create a happier more compassionate world through education.

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market.

Education (the institution) has now adopted values, attitudes, and practices that make any rigorous understanding of the human self and life impossible.

The experience taught me that the essence of a Cambridge education centers on two questions: What does it mean? How do you know?

The meanings get lost and the teachings get tossed and you don't know what you're going to do next.

The United States Constitution grants education decision authority to the states and localities not to the president of the United States.

The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend.

Coming to the civil rights movement in the twentieth century, we begin to have this idea that's still with us today, which is that the main purpose of public education is closing achievement gaps.

I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positive model.

What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.

Our schools are much like our prisons: they disappoint us because they only do what they're designed to do, and it annoys us that they don't do something else!

Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.

As a society, we can and should invest more money in education.

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do.

Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically.

The 1947 Court (Everson v. Board of Education) for the first time had used only Jefferson's metaphor - completely divorced from its context and intent.

I want us to continue to scale and grow over the coming years in education, professional development and employment to bring about change in people's lives.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing

I have seen [Betsy DeVos] present a few times. I don't really know her. But I have seen her present on education policy, and she's not a stupid person.

The reason the Betsy DeVos case was the centerpiece case for the Democrats wasn't about her weakness as a knowledgeable person on education policy.

Would [Betsy DeVos] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she has.

Book learning, or intelligence of one sort, doesn't guarantee you intelligence of another sort.You can behave just as stupidly with a good college education.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

I'm not going to benefit from free college education, but I think all those things are good for the country.

I think thats what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether its education or housing.

Traveling is my form of self-education.

Maybe we could learn a little lesson, maybe this all shine a little light, cause there's no healthy way to mess with the line between wrong and right.

Home is really where education does begin.

I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene

America faces an enemy who believes in enforced ignorance. And all that we stand for is the open mind, the generous spirit, the ideal of tolerance, freedom, education, opportunity.

Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.

College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.

Life is set up to bring you every needed situation in its own right time.

When the material, psychological and spiritual dimensions are brought into balance, life becomes whole, and this union brings feelings of comfort and security.

I am impressed with the natural health programs at Nature Care College. Their dedication to quality education is truly inspiring.

Separate but equal is terrible for education but it's perfect for eyebrows.

The chaotic theory of education is that you go to college, earn a degree and then that degree may be used in something completely different. It's about achieving the goal first.

That's what is so precious in reading this way - you can plumb the depths of another's experience while sitting still with a book in your hands.

I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's eyes.

My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.

That's what reading was for my mother, and became for me - a way to escape, a private time machine, a place that began with moral instruction but soon morphed into empathy and imagination.

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be over could be part of a bigger one.

Once you have women liberated, it's amazing how many other problems get resolved--pover ty, education, health. Women are the key in any community.