“The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.” SchoolIndividualGoalEducationTeachingBuildingGoes OnUltimateConvictionBurdenEducationalPursuitOddGet OverUltimate GoalEducational SystemSchool Buildings Author:John W. Gardner
“Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.” FirstsCountryWholeLawValuesGoalRightsAchieveBuildingCollegeConflictDemocraticToleranceOur CountryResolutionCooperationAmendmentsConsensusFirst AmendmentPluralismFirst Amendment RightsConsensus Building Author:Samuel Alito
“Dostoevsky's underground man ... observes his contemporaries striving to establish false goals where there are no naturally generated ones. ... He argues they should be conscious and honest enough to recognize that the goal itself is not an absolute, and probably not even important. A strong attachment to the telos indicates that the spontaneous enjoyment the child once took in road-building has waned.” MenShouldChildrenImportantEnoughStrongGoalHonestBuildingConsciousAbsolutesStriveArguingEnjoymentAttachmentSpontaneous Author:John Carroll
“If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.” PeopleIfsGoalProduceBuildingWillingWorkersBurningRescueFirefighterBurning Buildings Book:Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices Source: Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices
“Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.” PeopleMindHeartPoliticalLyingGoalDemocracyGenerationsSecurityBuildingBattleProveInstitutionsFundamentalsEmpoweringAccomplishedStabilityPakistanHeart And MindPolitical Institutions Author:Benazir Bhutto
“Building a better life for every child is a lot harder than becoming a world champion. Both goals take dedication and commitment.” WorldChildrenGoalBuildingBecomingCommitmentHarderChampionDedicationBetter LifeWorld Champions Author:Yuna
“The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.” LastsGoalBuildingComputerFinishedComputer Science Author:William C. Brown
“Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be judged - will ultimately judge himself - on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort.” MenWorldEnergyGoalInterestingEffortCreativeDangerBuildingJudgingIdealsUncertaintyJudgedNew WorldCreative EnergyInteresting Times Author:Robert Kennedy