Calvin Coolidge: Nothing in this world can take the place...

Quote	Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Copy
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Quote: The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities.
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Author:
Leonard Boswell
Category:
Education

The pride people take...

Quote: Every educated person is a future enemy.
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Author:
Martin Bormann
Category:
Education

Every educated person is...

Quote: I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities.
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Author:
Pramila Jayapal
Category:
Education

I came to the...

Quote: In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.
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Author:
Chetan Bhagat
Category:
Education

In our education system,...

Quote: I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
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Author:
Ellen Ochoa
Category:
Education

I tell students that...

Quote: With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important.
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Author:
Fred Hampton
Category:
Education

With no education, you...

Quote: America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.
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Author:
Kevin McCarthy
Category:
Education

America needs education reform...

Quote: Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.
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Author:
Solomon Ortiz
Category:
Education

Education makes children less...

Quote: Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.
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Author:
Brad Pitt
Category:
Education

Seeing the world is...

Quote: The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was.
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Author:
Ken Robinson
Category:
Education

The answer is not...

Quote: Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world, have brought their fertility rate down to 2.4, partly by social coercion, but mostly by broadly available education, health care and family planning.
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Author:
Donella Meadows
Category:
Education

Social services, not wealth...

Quote: I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool.
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Author:
Leon Spinks
Category:
Education

I know a lot...

Quote: The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
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Author:
Will Rogers
Category:
Education

The more that learn...

Quote: Education is not a tool for development - individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams.
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Author:
Nita Ambani
Category:
Education

Education is not a...

Quote: The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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Author:
Rabindranath Tagore
Category:
Education

The highest education is...

Quote: A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination.
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Author:
David Horowitz
Category:
Education

A university is not...

Quote: We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
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Author:
Barack Obama
Category:
Education

We have an obligation...

Quote: In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children.
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Author:
John Edwards
Category:
Education

In America we believe...

Quote: The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.
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Author:
Louis L'Amour
Category:
Education

The idea of education...

Quote: Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.A. P. J.
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Author:
Abdul Kalam
Category:
Education

Real education enhances the...

Quote: That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.
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Author:
Gaston Caperton
Category:
Education

That's the value of...

Quote: When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.
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Author:
Maria Montessori
Category:
Education

When you have solved...

Quote: I went to a regular school... education kept me sane.
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Author:
Romeo Miller
Category:
Education

I went to a...

Quote: Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.
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Author:
Marshall McLuhan
Category:
Education

Anyone who tries to...

Quote: Without tact you can learn nothing.
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Author:
Benjamin Disraeli
Category:
Education

Without tact you can...

Quote: I'm very jealous of my daughter's education. She's been inspired by her teachers, and nobody inspired me as a teenager.
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Author:
Jenny Eclair
Category:
Education

I'm very jealous of...

Quote: Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains.
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Author:
Martin Seligman
Category:
Education

Psychology is much bigger...

Quote: I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.
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Author:
Steve Case
Category:
Education

I do think that...

Quote: Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Author:
Anatole France
Category:
Education

Nine tenths of education...

Quote: Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.
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Author:
Christine Gregoire
Category:
Education

Education is the foundation...

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