Children Quotes

18494 Children quotes by 7563 unique authors

You need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty - finish high school, marry before having a child, and marry after the… — William Galston
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I… — Isaac Asimov
I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life in… — John Dewey
I believe that the teacher's place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the… — John Dewey
Work is the greatest means of education. To train children to work, to work systematically, to love work, and to put their brains into work,… — Francis Wayland Parker
The policy of letting the child 'do what he likes' is an insidious one, since the children are encouraged to continue always at their original… — Murray Rothbard
Children are prepared for democracy by being led to discuss current events without first learning the systematic subjects (politics, economics, history) which are necessary in… — Murray Rothbard
By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi
Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India. — Mahatma Gandhi
Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and… — Marian Wright Edelman
Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. — Hugh Mackay
Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs… — Hugh Mackay
Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of… — Roger Moore
What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our… — Kathleen Turner
Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are… — Desmond Tutu
Everyone deserves the best start in life, which is what UNICEF is working to provide the world's most vulnerable children. Education is essential to a… — Clay Aiken
These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the… — Harry Belafonte
Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate… — Carol Bellamy
I'm not a statistician, but it doesn't take a genious to work out that 100 million children being denied an education is ridiculous. There is… — Scarlett Johansson
I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education… — Wilma Mankiller
...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the… — Yehudi Menuhin
We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of children… — Shakira
Every child can learn, and we mean it... excuses are not good enough, we need results. — Rod Paige
When it comes to the education of our children... failure is not an option. — George W. Bush
I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more… — George W. Bush

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