“I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindLittlesTwoHelpingKidsSchoolThreeHoursTeachingChairsVillageLittle KidAthensNiger Author:Christine Lagarde
“When I was in high school I moved from the big city to a tiny village of 500 people in Vermont. It was like The Waltons!” PeopleBigsSchoolCitiesHigh SchoolMovedTinyVillageBig CitiesVermont Author:Daphne Zuniga
“HONOR. This means that a girl is not satisfied with keeping the letter of the law when she really breaks it in spirit. LOYAL. This means that she is true to her country, to the city or village where she is a citizen, to her family, her church, her school, and those for whom she may work or who may work for her. HELPFUL. The simplest way of saying this for the very young Scout is to do a good turn to someone every day: that is, to be a giver and not a taker. This is the spirit that makes the older Scout into a fine, useful, dependable woman.” WayMayMeanCountrySchoolLawYoungSpiritTurnsGirlChurchCitiesBreakFineCitizensHonorLettersSatisfiedHelpfulVillageLoyalSimplestGiverDependable Author:Juliette Gordon Low
“I ask you all so earnestly to open girl's schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised, then their children will, by their noble actions, glorify the name of the Country.” IfsTryingChildrenCountryActionSchoolGirlAsksNamesConditionsRaisedNobleUpliftingVillageGlorify Author:Swami Vivekananda
“Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There as I passed, with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.” MindChildrenMadeSchoolYoungSoundVoiceStepsWatchesLaughingDogSweetWindLowsRoseNotesConfusionEveningHillsLoudSpokesVillageShadePoolPausesSoberCarelessHerdsWhisperingGeeseNoisyVacantNightingalesMingling Author:Oliver Goldsmith
“We must reach out to villages even in scorching heat with temperature upto 44 C. We must ensure that no girl child remains illiterate. I request all the social institutions and the media world to create a joyous environment for education in the month of June (when schools re-open), an environment to encourage children to go to school. We will derive the satisfaction of having done a social good.” WorldChildrenDoneSchoolGirlSocialEducationEnvironmentMediaMonthsIndiaInstitutionsRemainsSatisfactionHeatVillageReach OutJuneTemperatureRequestJoyousIlliterateGood EducationSocial InstitutionsSocial GoodScorchingGirl Child Author:Narendra Modi
“Good roads, good houses, adequate electricity, good schools or good hospitals in the village are indeed, the parameters of progress. However, in my view, 100 percent literate village is the true symbol of real progress.” RealSchoolHouseViewsEducationProgressPercentIndiaSymbolsHospitalsVillageElectricityAdequateParametersGood School Author:Narendra Modi
“One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.” SchoolNationsCommunityMemoriesUnitedBehindsTreeWalkingMountainRainMy FamilyBurningFedsVillageUnited NationsMuddy Author:Ban Ki-moon