It is only the ignorant that despise education.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.

Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.