Harry Belafonte Quotes

Education is our passport to the future.

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.

… schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.

My wife Kari and I have three incredible kids. And like parents everywhere, we want our children to grow up in a country and a world that is peaceful, and where, if they work hard, they can reach their God-given potential.

I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age.

Everybody in this country who wants to should be able to get as much education as they want. Education is the best resource we have.

Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we give our children a future of more or a future of less - this, too, is a choice.

We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.

A good education is a foundation for a better future.

Kids may only be 25 percent of our population but they are 100 percent of our future.

… adult education should be made available … so that our less privileged groups may be able to avail themselves of new openings which require more education than they possess.

Our children are our future. And our future is in jeopardy.

If we educate our kids well, they will be more competitive.

Education came to be one of the great preoccupations, enlightenment was viewed as the greatest single opportunity to escape .... Parents made untold sacrifice to secure learning for their children that they had been denied.

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.

My mom never went to college, but for her own children, getting a great education was not an option.

I may try and get into education. I may open a school, and that is my ultimate dream. Opening a school will give education to children, who are the future of our country. If we can educate them in a proper way, I think that will change the future of the country.

I was able to meet young black people from all over the country who were focused on education and on elevating themselves.I'm endorsing and supporting this initiative because I believe college is a blessing, and for young black people coming out of areas that are struggling ... for them to see college as their future, that's a blessing.

The Information Age is, first and foremost, an education age, in which education must start at birth and continue throughout a lifetime. Last year, from this podium, I said that education has to be our highest priority. I have something to say to every family listening to us tonight: Your children can go on to college.... Because of the things that have been done, we can make college as universal in the 21st century as high school is today. And, my friends, that will change the face and future of America.

The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.

I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher - so certainly my entire life education was stressed as incredibly important. And I think especially for my parents, who are both immigrants, and when immigrants come to this country, they understand that education is something that no one can take from them. You might leave the country with absolutely nothing, but no one can take your education from you.

We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

We believe that no matter where you live - whether a village in Punjab or the bylanes of Chandni Chowk, an old section of Kolkata or a new high-rise in Bangalore - every person deserves the same chance to live in security and dignity, to get an education, to find work, and to give their children a better future.

Without education, you really can't dream as a child.