Education Quotes
“Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.”
“Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”
-- Marcus Aurelius
“Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.”
-- Billie Joe Armstrong
“Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.”
-- Ed Markey
“All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.”
-- Emma Goldman
“I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.”
-- John W. Gardner
“The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.”
-- Chaka Fattah
“As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.”
-- Joe Baca