Quotes About Progress

Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

After bread, education is the first need of the people.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination

I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it.

Schools should take an active part in directing social change, and share in the construction of a new social order

Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .

It's quite fashionable to say that the education system's broken. It's not broken. It's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore. It's outdated.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth

Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better.

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

Younger Arabs are much less satisfied with education in the region than their elders, and are more comfortable networking and communicating via digital means.

Let people have an education and you can't stop them.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.

An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.