Famous Quotes

"As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it."

Sargent Shriver on Education

More quotes about Education

• "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

  Nelson Mandela on Education

• "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

  Albert Einstein on Education

• "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

  Aristotle on Education

• "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

  Maya Angelou on Education

• "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

  Oscar Wilde on Education

More quotes by Sargent Shriver

• "Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education."

• "If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society."

• "Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?"

• "Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight."

• "The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it."