Nita Ambani Quotes

In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic standards of Catholic schools.

I want to see more sports in schools.

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.

Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.

I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.

Education is taken for granted. Teaching shops are different from building character.

We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

For 350 years we have been taught that reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. Football's place is to add a patina of character, a deference to the rules and a respect for authority.

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

I definitely had a top-notch education.

Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.

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

The goal, I think, of American education, for decades, and across many, many scholars, was basically to teach people broad lessons in how to live life, how to engage life, how to essentially be effective citizens and effective people.

An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit.

I think every school in the world should have a sports program.

Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.

We live in Palo Alto, which has, fortunately, one of the greatest school districts in the country.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.