At present we educate people only up to the point where they can earn a living and marry; then education ceases altogether, as though a complete mental outfit had been acquired. ... Vast numbers of men and women thus spend their entire lives in complete ignorance of the most important things.
Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.
There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.
I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene
Building a habit of reading leads to all sorts of reading.
Education keeps the key of life; and liberal education insures the first conditions of freedom,--namely, adequate knowledge and accustomed thought.
I think investing in a good education has been key for me, although the investment was more in time than money.
I think somewhere around high school, your brain starts to gel, to harden. Before that, there’s this time where anything is possible and the more things that you artistically and educationally have in your repertoire, the more you become a child of larger possibilities.
We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
There is no future without education.
I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things.
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.
In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to as many students as possible. We've assembled the very best in chess education to develop a complete chess curriculum - K through 12. We've designed a program that encourages creativity, instills self-discipline and offers hope and a feeling of accomplishment to millions of children.
I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could open doors and walk through.
Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential.
Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't.
It will help at every state along the road to learning. For the pre-school years we will help needy children become aware of the excitement of learning.
Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.
GDP does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play
Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.
For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.
At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better
Education is helping the child realise his potentialities.
There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.
If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind. I have seen it happen.
