Backgrounds Quote by Tinie Tempah

Education can change the scope of an entire family

— Nitin Nohria

Our family was poor, but my parents gave us money for education.

— Takashi Murakami

The difference between our family and other poor families was that my mother actively chose to be poor. She was highly literate, and she…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

My father's side of the family was very active in education.

— Sal Khan

My parents had a small piece of land to earn a living from, but my father always wanted to educate his children.

— Milkha Singh

I had the kind of family where I was told it was my job to study. They would work out the finances.

— Alexander Acosta

My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.

— Graham Norton

I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for…

— Tinie Tempah

My grandma was raised in Ghana, and she went back there to work, so she could earn money for my mum's education in Nigeria.…

— Wunmi Mosaku

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

It's clear that many migrant families really support their children and appreciate the transforming power of education.

— Nicky Morgan

It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem