Jill Biden Quotes

The Trevor Romain Foundation is a project that I am most proud to be a part of. They work with the USO and help provide support and comfort to military children and their families.

Many Americans don't know anyone in the military, so they aren't aware that, on average, a military child attends six to nine schools by the time he or she graduates from high school. Through each transition, the children have to leave their friends, try out for new sports teams and adjust to a new school community.

The constant movement of a military life can be tough on children. My father was an officer in the army, and I was forced to change elementary schools six times.

We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

All the arts: military, religious, mechanical and astrological, which gave them [the Aztecs] of the stars. For this they possessed large, beautiful books painted in hieroglyphics, dealing with all these arts which were used for teaching.

Military children don't make foreign policy but they live it.

It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis.

I think everyone in the band has had someone that's served in their family. I wouldn't say that anybody has a military family, but both of my grandfathers were in the military.

Our family lives military and veterans issues in a way few others do.

I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.

I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.

I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.

One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his own.

The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array...

I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That's an important part of building morale in the military.

The issues facing working women and their families are closest to my heart. I decided to focus intently on the challenges military wives face because they juggle the same pressures as their nonmilitary peers, all while coping as single parents while their loved ones are overseas. I wanted to help make their voices heard.

I grew up in my mom's third grade classroom and always helping her, and I also got a passion for kids that way.

We must also ensure that we have the best medical care, education, and support for our military service members and their families, both when they serve and when they return to civilian life.

Courage may be taught as a child us taught to speak.

This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.

Gotta start teaching the children that they can be just what they want to be, there's much more to life than poverty.

Teaching which ignores the realities of children will be rejected as surely as any graft which attempts to ignore the body's immune system.