Education Quotes Africa

 
"Women in poor urban areas in developing countries are 50% less likely to use the internet than men."
Research by the World Wide Web Foundation

"I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for."
Helen Suzman

"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
Kofi Annan

"Success is a journey, not a destination."
Ben Sweetland

"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty. (via citeHR)"
Lao Tzu

"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. (via Great minds)"
John Maxwell

"True teachers not only impart knowledge and method but awaken the love of learning by their own reflected love. (via Gaiam life)"
Robert Grudin

"Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education. (via Joy of Quotes)"
Sir Ken Robinson

"Dreams don't work unless you do. (via life optimizer)"
John C. Maxwell

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. (via Think Exist.com)"
Chinese proverb

"I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves. (via Joy of Quotes)"
Oprah Winfrey

"The wisest mind has something yet to learn. (via CoolnSmart.com)"
Anonymous

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. (via Brainy Quote)"
Anthony J. D'Angelo

"The learner's attitude is thus an essential factor to determine the direction of his learning, whether he shall learn to do or not learn to do. (via QuoteJunkie.com)"
William Kilpatrick

"Here's another thing I learned: never be satisfied with the first answer or with the easy one. The moment I think I have it is often the moment I most need to keep digging. Answers, it seems to me, are always provisional. It's the questions that keep moving me forward into the unknown--which is where the good stuff is to be found. (via GAIAM)"
Peter Clothier

"Play is our brain's favorite way of learning. (via Joy of Quotes)"
Dianne Ackerman

"All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate. (via Quote Junkie)"
John Dewey

"You can do anything, but not everything. (via Directory Journal)"
David Allen

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place. (via Board of Wisdom)"
Unknown

"Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. (via Brainy Quote)"
Alan Alda

"The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves. (via Great minds)"
Stephen Covey

"Never judge a book by its cover. Use the paragraph on the back. (via Twitter)"
Steven Winterburn

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak. (via Woopidoo!)"
Jay Leno

"Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities."
Thomas Perry

"Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time."
Robertson Davies

"Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones."
African proverb

"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."
John Locke

"You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."
James Lane Allen

"Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning."
Gary Ryan Blair

"The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education."
Paul Gray

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