Quotes about education
education teacher retirement
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. Thomas Szasz
educational government self
the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training. Thomas Jefferson
educational virginia people
The Petition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, James Breckenridge, John Hartwell Cocke, and Robert Taylor the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia ... Respectfully representeth ... That the value of science to a republican people, the security it...
educational people enough
what is wanting to restore us to our station among our confederates? not more money from the people. enough has been raised by them, and appropriated to this very object. it is that it should be employed understandingly, and for their greatest good. that good requires that, while they are...
educational father reading
among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals ... I think myself more indebted to my father for this, than for all the other luxuries his cares and affections have placed within my reach.
educational citizens instruction
A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.
educational character four
this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at all by our legislature who meet within a week from this time. my hopes however are kept in check by the ordinary character of our state legislatures, the members...
educational believe men
this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it.
educational may able
for the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage.
education government wish
no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government.
educational men attention
I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.
educational boys men
the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them.
educational spring character
in the spring he will attend your botanical course. his natural turn is very strongly to the objects of your two courses of lectures, and I hope you will have reason to be contended with his capacity & character.
educational knowledge fields
the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind
educational men law
the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors, & to the public.
educational book exercise
music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.
educational farmers
ours are the only farmers who can read Homer
educational comfort
besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other.
educational ignorance law
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.
educational knowledge thinking
I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness.
educational philosophy italian
what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.
educational mind spirit
life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health.
educational writing exercise
with respect to the distribution of your time the following is what I should approve. from 8. to 10 o'clock practise music. from 10. to 1. dance one day & draw another. from 1. to 2. draw on the day you dance, and write a letter next day. from 3. to 4. read French. from 4. to 5. exercise...
educational book mind
Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind
educational tired devil
Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in my life ... But the old-fellows say we must read to gain knowledge; and gain knowledge to make us happy and be admired. Mere jargon! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world? No...
education country struggle
There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't. Steven Soderbergh
education men two
A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin. Tom Stoppard
education favour university
Personally I am in favour of education but a university is not the place for it.
educational player college
As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important. Tom Osborne
education government aquariums
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston
education fear atheism
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. Tammy Faye Bakker
education invest-in-yourself
Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better. Sylvia Porter
educational college years
But you take a four-year state college, with a broader range of admission, and what happens during those four years may be an even greater value-added educational experience. I don't know.