Quotes about Education

We were very poor. But between the covers of books I could go anywhere, I could be anybody, I could do anything. I began to read about people of great accomplishment. As I read those stories, I began to see a connecting thread. I began to see that the person who had the most to do with you and what happened to you in life, is you. You make decisions. You decide how much energy you want to put behind that decision.

After less than a week on campus I discovered I wan't that bright. All the students were bright; many of them extremely gifted and perceptive. Yale was a great leveler for me, because I now studied, worked, and lived with dozens of high-achieving students, and I didn't stand out among them.

Everyone should realize that today the average person lives to be about eighty years of age, the first twenty to twenty-five of which are used to either prepare oneself educationally — or not. For those who prepare well, about sixty years shall follow to reap the benefits; but for those who fail to prepare, there are sixty years to suffer the consequences.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be.

into the depths of Scripture or researched a single Greek word. They simply taught what they knew. I don't know any other

I am one of seven kids, number five of seven, and the first of my siblings to graduate from high school and the first to graduate from college.

A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. PROVERBS 1:5

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

I think it's really important to talk education, to talk infrastructure, to talk good jobs and the future of work.

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.