Quotes about Education

I was very lucky to be born into a very academic family. I was well-read, well-trained in mathematics. I had lots of advantages to start with.

My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.

We want young people to know what they believe, why they believe it. I believe America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic; I want to see the nation return to the Judeo-Christian ethic.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

There are kids out there. We've got to show them the right way. That's the only way. People aren't born racist. C'mon now. We've got to show the way.

If you don't feel safe as a child, you can't learn.

I want to support kids that not a lot of people believe in. Give them an opportunity to do good in school, play sports and get scholarships.

Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.

By the time I went to college, I knew the major passages of the Bible pretty much by heart.

Paul was the only scholar among the apostles. He never displays his learning, considering it of no account as compared with the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, for whom he suffered the loss of all things, but he could not conceal it, and turned it to the best use after his conversion. Peter and John had natural genius, but no scholastic education; Paul had both, and thus became the founder of Christian theology and philosophy.

During my pre-college years, I went on many trips with my father into the oil fields to visit their operations. On Saturday mornings, I often went with him to visit the company shop. I puttered around the machine, electronics, and automobile shops while he carried on his business.

Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers.