Quotes about University
My prayer for ORU is this, that this university may become the fertile womb for the next generation of Holy Spirit evangelists, to build his eternal kingdom.
- Reinhard Bonnke
I still believe that the university is a place where people can develop their minds and learn skills, but also they can develop their personalities and their spiritual life.
- Henri Nouwen
We believe that Liberty will redefine what is considered an academically prestigious university in the future.
- Jerry Falwell, Jr.
The entire education of the younger generation of theologians belongs today in church cloister-like schools, in which pure doctrine, the Sermon on the Mount and worship are taken seriously—as they never are (and in present circumstances couldn't be) at the university.
- Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer's interest was not only in teaching them as a university lecturer. He wished to "disciple" them in the true life of the Christian. This ran the gamut, from understanding current events through a biblical lens to reading the Bible not just as a theology student but as a disciple of Jesus Christ.
- Eric Metaxas
Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities.
- Eric Metaxas
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.
- Alice Walker
No matter what Mike Krzyzewski is making at Duke, it is not enough. He's underpaid! He is absolutely worth every penny he is getting. He is like a CEO of a major corporation when you think about his value to Duke University.
- Dick Vitale
My father spent all those years building his brand. I happen to be his namesake, and I also happen to be the president of the largest Christian university. I think I have a responsibility to be a good citizen. The least I can do is to lend my name and whatever influence I have to make a difference politically.
- Jerry Falwell, Jr.
We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.
- Ronald Reagan
I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the first-rate chemistry honours program at the University of Manchester in 1950, where the professors were E.R.H. Jones and M.G. Evans, and graduated in 1953, with the financial support of a Blackpool Education Committee Scholarship.
- Michael Smith
I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute I decided to be a hippy. It was the protest movements on the war, peace movements were going on at our university. It was a fantastic time.
- Michael Douglas