Nelson Mandela Quotes

Education is very important to me, as is helping children.

We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.

You don't need a city charter to know that education is the foundation of any community.

I give the children education.

No one but people like me can understand the importance of education.

Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.

Education to me is the most important thing that we've got going in this country. I mean, a lot of my family are teachers. I was the recipient of a great public education, and I see that's one of the first things that we're going to go, 'What are we going to raise?' The ignorant masses.

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

We believe... that by encouraging critical thinking and processing of knowledge we are creating full, well-rounded human beings... that will enable Qatar to build up its society. You cannot build a healthy society without giving your citizens a sense of ownership. Otherwise, they will not share with you the responsibilities.

An educated people can be easily governed.

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well.

Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.

Education is not so important as people think.

I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.

Education is key. I graduated from high school; everyone needs to.

Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things education must try to produce.

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.

We need to get back to reasoning and thinking things through. The future generation is being brought up in greed and without a true understanding of civics. There is no more emphasis on knowledge and time. As a society we need to process ideas and understand what certain principles are based upon.

Because of my intense hopes for the youth of China, I feel very keenly my responsibility for their future success or failure. The fate of China lies in their hands. The responsibility for organizing and training them to become worthy citizens of China, able to undertake the tasks of Resistance and Reconstruction, is mine; I cannot evade it.

Our young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future.