Kofi Annan Quotes

For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.

Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

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

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.

I want to tell the children of Kashmir that they should read, write, and learn and come to the mainstream.

Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories.

Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.

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

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

Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.

Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.

I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.

Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.

To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right.

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

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

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

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

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

Without education we can’t achieve anything.

Education is the greatest factor in the upward climb of any person or people.

While the overall goal of any society must be to educate all its members, at this stage in human history the greatest need is to educate women and girls. For over twenty years, studies have consistently documented that, of all possible investments, educating women and girls pays the highest overall dividends in terms of social development, the eradication of poverty and the advancement of community.

The future begins today! What is important is what we do today and tomorrow for Tunisia and all its children. We must work hand in hand.