Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

A person like myself born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta Georgia to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education to go and earn a commission in the United States Army to serve for 22 years to lead men and women in combat.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

Education is important because first of all people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace and we should not take that for granted.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself and the more preparation you can do the less chance of failing.

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.

Strange as it may seem no amount of learning can cure stupidity and formal education positively fortifies it.

If you have four years to complete your college education do it.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football baseball track or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

I think an education is not only important it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.

My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up.

Giving women education work the ability to control their own income inherit and own property benefits the society. If a woman is empowered her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper the village prospers and eventually so does the whole country.

America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment education productivity innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

I am playing the violin that's all I know nothing else no education no nothing. You just practice every day.

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility but short of winning the lottery the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education.

Yeah I'm a thrill seeker but crikey education's the most important thing.

Education levels the playing field allowing everyone to compete.

Reformation like education is a journey not a destination.

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.