Elementary school Quote by Sinead Burke

My family supported me. I wasn't hot-housed at all as a young child; I didn't go to any kind of gifted school. They didn't…

— Daniel Tammet

I was fortunate to have a supportive family that encouraged my success in school.

— Miguel Cardona

I grew up in a family with three siblings. My parents were always very supportive and encouraging. It was important for them that we…

— Maryam Mirzakhani

My family was very supportive, but also very insistent that I finish school, and to be honest, I wanted to finish school.

— Toni Garrn

I don't have siblings, which is probably the biggest reason why my parents were able to give the attention to my career that they…

— Christine Lakin

I wanted to be the exception to the other kids, but in the right way. We have a lot of suffering in our part…

— Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she returned to…

— Stacey Abrams

There were no good schools in my village. So my family moved so that my siblings and I would get a better education.

— Nirmal Purja

Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

I had a family that supported me.

— Hillary Clinton

Meeting Raven Wilkinson and having her as a mentor, it was that kind of support from the generations that came before me that helped…

— Misty Copeland

I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through…

— Jason Graves