Education Quotes
“Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.”
“For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.”
-- Lafcadio Hearn
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
-- Aristotle
“I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.”
-- Bill Walton
“Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.”
-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“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.”
-- Omar Bongo
“After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education.”
-- Michael N. Castle
“During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.”
-- Anita Hill