Today’s post is a simple reminder of how important education is and why we must strive to ensure that all children are equally and properly equipped with the knowledge and skills to become responsible adults. Here are a few quotes to remind us of why education should be considered a fundamental right for everyone.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” “It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education. Those who do not believe this have small imaginations.”
-Nelson Mandela
- “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
-John Dewey
- “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”
-B.B. King
- “We’ve got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.”
-Dorothy Height
- “The whole world opened to me when I learned how to read.”
-Mary McLeod Bethune
- “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
-Malcolm X
- “Education is the ability to meet life’s situations.”
- “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
-Booker T. Washington
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