Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.

I wasn’t very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

A coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

Most of us believe, or should believe, that every child can learn, given the opportunity, but try substitute teaching just once and you will see firsthand the socioeconomic issues that distract our kids from taking advantage of that opportunity.

I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

I already am a product.

I don’t follow all the 48 laws. Like, I’ve never crushed anyone totally.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film – whether it’s history, psychology, economics, or architecture – so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn’t going to help you unless you have something to say.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

You have to be someone.

I’m proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It’s a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.

I am no supporter of factory labor for children, but I have never joined with those who clamored against proper work of children on farms outside their school hours.

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

We knew sports was important to us and our family, but there are priorities in life.Obviously, faith is foremost; how we did in school is important. If we didn’t handle that business then there were no privileges.

Women tend to be more intuitive, or to admit to being intuitive, and maybe the hard science approach isn’t so attractive. The way that science is taught is very cold. I would never have become a scientist if I had been taught like that.

If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.

The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing – that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world – is what I wish for all.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that’s the one thing people can’t take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment.

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‚That person I see is a savage monster;‘ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

College isn’t the place to go for ideas.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?

In terms of my involvement in ‚don’t ask, don’t tell‘ and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools – these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

I believe in singing to such an extent that, if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing becomes a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for cooperation with others.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

I think we’re doing a dreadful job of educating.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.