Educating Quotes

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action.

Educating young people about the harms of drugs is essential.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.

Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party.

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.

The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it.

The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative equity. Every British child is born owing around 20,000 pounds. Servicing the interest on that debt is going to cost more than educating the child.

I have never seen any good resulting from educating the Negro.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

I've got no interest in educating or instructing people.