It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein

Upon the education of the people of this country, the fate of this country depends.
-- Benjamin Disraeli

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
-- William Butler Yeats

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if you think in terms of ten years, plant a tree; if you think in terms of a hundred years, teach the people.
-- Confucius

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.
-- Abraham Lincoln