Education Quotes

When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.

Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.

But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.

If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist in heterosexual instruction? Will there be the same presentation of homosexual activity? Of course there will.

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.

Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing.

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.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.

Then it was that were passed the laws restricting emancipation and prohibiting education.

That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.

I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.

There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing.

Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.

I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

Education, in K-12, technical college and universities needs to be a top priority in Wisconsin.

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.