Education Quotes

“Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.”

-- P. J. O'Rourke

“Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.”

-- Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.”

-- Plato

“I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that they consider glamorous, which is acting, and yet I took a time to really get my education and study mathematics, and I think math is the cat's meow.”

-- Danica McKellar

“Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.”

-- Bob Beauprez

“In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children.”

-- Carol Bellamy

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.”

-- Plato

“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.”

-- Kamisese Mara

“Your library is your paradise.”

-- Desiderius Erasmus

“Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.”

-- Ernest Istook