Commitment Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.

— Maxim Gorky

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

— Hosea Ballou

Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These…

— Michael Gelb

“We seek excellence before we seek understanding, wisdom before we gain knowledge, success before we understand hardwork; for this reason we need great teachers…

— Wayne Chirisa

We have to move toward specificity, intelligence, facts, proof, and mutual affection. What I think people have to do now is be very, very…

— George Saunders

Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence,…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Self-study, self-exploration, self-empowerment these are the virtues of a great education.

— Suman Rai

“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's…

— Rafe Esquith

We live in this world in order always to learn industriously and to enlighten each other by means of discussion and to strive vigorously…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The…

— Rudolf Steiner

“Even the best institutions at the university are apt to deteriorate and to become distorted. Thus the very translation of thought into teachable form…

— Karl Jaspers