Kofi Annan Quotes

I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Education is the most powerful tool for everything but certainly to create opportunities for yourself, and I know that not everyone has the privilege of an education like here in America.

For a man with an education the world is a wide place and the opportunities are many

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

Education is one of the most important tools that you can give somebody.

My mom used to tell me that the most valuable thing she owned was her library card. We were poor, but that's not what she was talking about. My mom knew that education opened doors and opened minds.

Education is freedom.

Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they... can never be without some element of education.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.

Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.

Reading is power. Reading is life.

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

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certainly going to make all the difference for other children, too.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving them ways to survive.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.

But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.