Shakira Quotes

Education is the foundation of social progress and economic development.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

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

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

Except for a few oil-rich countries, no developing country has successfully modernized without slowing population growth.

In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can't grow the middle class if we don't give our kids the tools they need to innovate and invent.

Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.

A dynamic economy begins with a good education.

People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.

India, China, and Latin America have a tremendous stake in the people's century. As their masses learn to read and write, and as they become productive mechanics, their standard of living will double and treble.

Education is economic development.

The secret of success lies in investing into education, as the wealthy countries do. This means not in technology and machines first. That would come later, with educated and qualified individuals. Considering that we are lagging behind reforms, the only way to make up for such gap is to have a non-linear development by making leaps, all of which would be have an education as a base. Education, training, knowledge, are the major driving forces of progress.

Education equals economic growth.

Educating our children and giving them the skills they need to compete in a global economy is a smart investment in our country's future.

I believe education is much more important than we assume.

If we provide quality education to one generation, poverty will automatically be eradicated from society.

Educating bold and ambitious children from cradle to career stands as a clear and foundational goal for Georgia.

Optimizing return on capital will generate less growth than optimizing return on education.

Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.

No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.

Latin America has not achieved the development that it deserves... I'm not optimistic for all of Latin America, not only for Central America.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.