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Quote by Lauro Cavazos

“We must do better or perish as the nation we know today.”

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Lauro Cavazos, born on January 4, 1927, is a former United States Secretary of Education. He has extensive experience in the field of education and has held multiple educational positions, dedicated to promoting educational reform. more

“If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education".... Until now, the results of educational neglect have been gradual - a slow-motion erosion of America's relative position. But things are about to get much worse, as the economic crisis ... deals a severe blow to education across the board.... We need to wake up and realize that one of the keys to our nation's historic success is now a wasting asset. Education made America great; neglect of education can reverse the process.”

“Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.”

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Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author

“Mentoring is all about people - it's about caring, about relationships and sensitivity. As it becomes increasingly in vogue it is becoming too formulated - concerned with performance metrics, critical success factors, investment and spending. It'll be a disaster.”

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Author:Rene Carayol

“Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.”

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Author:Ronald Reagan

“Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.”

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Author:Joshua Reynolds

“A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin.”

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Book:The Invention of Love