Shehbaz Sharif Quotes

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

City Year resonated with me because when I grew up, we were poor - and an education is a way out of poverty. It's a way out of the current situation that can seem isolating and hopeless for some kids.

I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.

Poverty is not really as much of an obstacle to educational expansion as it's sometimes made out to be.

From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.

Those who start life with the fewest advantages need the smallest classes.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education.

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.

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

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

They do not easily rise whose abilities are repressed by poverty at home.

Because of the British Welfare State …, I was never hungry…. The schools I attended were free and actually acted as ladders of mobility for those randomly given the skills in the genetic lottery of life to climb them.

Although he was a brilliant businessman, in my mind, Dick Spangler will best be remembered in our state for his commitment to education and what it means for lifting individuals out of poverty, giving them a path for learning, and expressing their individuality.

The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living.

'Speechless' is first and foremost a show about a family that doesn't have a ton of money, but they move into a really crappy house in a really nice neighborhood so their kids can go to a nice school.

I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

There are lots of great educationalists out there who really care about social mobility.

I think if a youngster leaves school unable to read you're kind of condemning them to a life of poverty and a life of lack of potential.

Money should never be a barrier to whether or not a young person is given the opportunity to succeed.

Education is the key to opportunity. It's a ticket out of poverty.

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.