All of these young people have some kind of potential in them. And if we don’t invest in them as a nation, regardless of where they come from or what color they are, if we don’t invest in them, we lose.
Michelle ObamaI loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.
Clint EastwoodScience is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Immanuel KantGrowing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn’t accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else’s insistence or someone else’s whim or convenience.
Maya AngelouI see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!
Barack ObamaThe teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Elbert HubbardA toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.
George EliotWho sows virtue reaps honor.
Leonardo da VinciIf you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own.
Kurt VonnegutExperience teaches only the teachable.
Aldous HuxleyPoets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
PlatoTruth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis BaconThe art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William JamesStrength lies in differences, not in similarities.
Stephen CoveyToleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
Edmund BurkeIt’s very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.
Maya AngelouScience is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
Bertrand RussellI am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar WildeWe cannot wish for that we know not.
VoltaireSeek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Immanuel KantOne of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.
Madeleine AlbrightStudy the past, if you would divine the future.
ConfuciusSo confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Thomas JeffersonMy experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my ‚blackness‘ than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong.
Michelle ObamaIgnorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
William ShakespeareExperience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
Steven WrightTell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?… It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.
Pope FrancisDespair is the conclusion of fools.
Benjamin DisraeliOnly when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.
Warren BuffettAs long as you live, keep learning how to live.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis BaconMistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Carl JungThe truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. RooseveltAs long as you know men are like children, you know everything!
Coco ChanelThe fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
Maya AngelouA man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark TwainThought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
David HareTruthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao TzuOne science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Alexander PopeWe need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
Barack ObamaWords do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Jim RohnIf you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.
Robert KiyosakiThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleFacts are stubborn things.
Ronald ReaganI’ll die a crazy old man!
Conor McGregorThe fact is: It’s true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.
Christopher HitchensNothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo EmersonExpecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaReason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
Blaise PascalThe aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
William JamesHalf a truth is often a great lie.
Benjamin FranklinHe that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinHow wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.
Maya AngelouThe surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
Friedrich NietzscheI am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
Marcus Tullius CiceroWe become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAll knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.
Leonardo da VinciBetter than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
BuddhaIs there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no. That’s not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president?
Colin PowellEducation is important because it prepares you for life.
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