Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that read more

Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at
all.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step read more

Violent can be sound and light
in waking us from sleep of night.
Gently comes the dawn's twilight
Each step taken oh so slight.

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance read more

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school read more

Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.

The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use read more

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.