Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
Katharine HepburnIf you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
Booker T. WashingtonTo penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
Thomas JeffersonYou don’t read in your own field. You read in that field when you’re young, so that you can learn.
Ray BradburyI wasn’t very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.
Virat KohliEmployers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that’s associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the people they give that job to.
Bill GatesIt’s true; once you are a father, there’s no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Douglas MacArthurThe fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.
Lyndon B. JohnsonIf you’re the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I’m a parent. I have daughters.
EminemMost of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.
Wayne DyerI went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, ‚cause I’m very smart.
Lady GagaMy mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.
Alice MunroFor the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.
Michelle ObamaBut now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.
LeBron JamesI was very worried about my mother, growing up – a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.
Angelina JolieLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack LondonThe problem with EMMA is that it is cost prohibitive for the small investors who were supposed to benefit from the new transparency.
John KennedyEducators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.
John C. MaxwellI am pro-education. I’m just anti the system.
Robert KiyosakiI’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.
David ByrneI am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.
Jimmy CarterMy mother is not educated but keeps in touch with world events through news on TV.
Narendra ModiIt is hardly an exaggeration to say that oral teachers and sign teachers found it difficult to sit down in the same room without quarreling, and there was intolerance upon both sides. To say ‚oral method‘ to a sign teacher was like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, and to say ‚sign language‘ to an oralist aroused the deepest resentment.
Alexander Graham BellThere happen to be a lot of people around who spent an hour on the Internet and think they know a lot of physics, but it doesn’t work like that… There’s a reason there are graduate schools in these departments.
Noam ChomskyThe United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that – children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.
Joe BidenThe method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.
Robert Baden-PowellIf you are in the country, you should notice landmarks – that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you getting lost, such as distant hills, church towers, and nearer objects, such as peculiar buildings, trees, gates, rocks, etc.
Robert Baden-PowellI mean… in life… what relationship is easy?
The WeekndMen are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Bertrand RussellI always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
Matthew McConaugheyTrain up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
King SolomonUpon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.
Harry S. TrumanHundreds of people who’ve never written before send in ‚Dr. Who‘ scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.
Douglas AdamsFor a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.
Bill GatesInformation, education, skills, healthcare, livelihood, financial inclusion, small and village enterprises, opportunities for women, conservation of natural resources, distributed clean energy – entirely new possibilities have emerged to change the development model.
Narendra ModiGiving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.
Robert Baden-PowellFathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
Oscar WildeIt’s just hard to meet new people, in my position.
EminemCommon Core is a big win for education.
Bill GatesI do understand it’s not easy to run an I-league club. I have been part of many and I know the scene.
Sunil ChhetriI’d have to be superman to do some of the things I’m supposed to have done, I’ve been at six different places at six different times.
George BestIn poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?
Bill GatesWith patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.
Barack ObamaI go to school the youth to learn the future.
Robert FrostMy parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘
Stephen CoveyMy experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about – having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.
Kevin HartI feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.
The WeekndDo I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauWe are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It’s experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.
Robert GreeneThe most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Mark TwainI didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerTraining is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark TwainI think I’m pretty smart. I think I’m pretty clever. But there’s a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.
Michelle ObamaNatural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI just want to make sure when I have kids, I can spend time with them. That’s the whole point.
Mark ZuckerbergFirst and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.
Brene BrownBeing a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
Abraham MaslowThe finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
Richard M. NixonThe best teacher is very interactive.
Bill Gates