well-rounded individuals Quotes

The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings

The making of adaptable, curious, open, questioning people has nothing to do with vocational training and everything to do with humanistic and scientific studies.

A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.

Our education apparatus can't be one that produces robots. That can happen in laboratory. There has to be overall personality development.

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.

Brains are not everything.

It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.

Education has no more serious responsibility than the making of adequate provision for enjoyment of recreative leisure not only for the sake of immediate health, but for the sake of its lasting effect upon the habits of the mind.