Quick Quotes on Education
(Also see Quick Quotes on Knowledge)
 

"True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also, honest men, with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love. It seeks to make men and women who prize truth, justice, wisdom, benevolence, and self-control as the choicest acquisitions of a successful life." -David O. McKay

  "The Lord has mandated that this people get all the education they can. He has been very clear about this. . . . And so I say to you young men, rise up and discipline yourself to take advantage of educational opportunities."  -Gordon B. Hinckley, "Rise Up, O Men of God," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 60-61)

"You are moving into the most competitive world this world has ever seen. All around you is competition. You need all the education you can get. The world will in large measure pay you what it thinks you are worth, and your worth will increase as you gain education and proficiency in your chosen field. The Lord wants you to educate your mind and your heart. Your parents want you to educate your mind and your heart. Become a workman, I don't care about the field you choose, but become a workman of integrity in the world that lies ahead of you." -President Gordon B. Hinckley, Spokane, Washington, youth and young single adults Aug. 22, 1999.

"It is so important that you young men and you young women get all of the education that you can. The Lord has said very plainly that His people are to gain knowledge of countries and kingdoms and of things of the world through the process of education, even by study and by faith. Education is the key which will unlock the door of opportunity for you. It is worth sacrificing for. It is worth working at, and if you educate your mind and your hands, you will be able to make a great contribution to the society of which you are a part, and you will be able to reflect honorable on the Church of which you are a member. My dear young brothers and sisters, take advantage of every educational opportunity that you can possibly afford, and you fathers and mothers, encourage your sons and daughters to gain an education which will bless their lives".  -President Gordon B. Hinckley, Hermosillo, Mexico, March 1998.

"You need all the education you can get. Sacrifice a car; sacrifice anything that is needed to be sacrificed to qualify yourselves to do the work of the world. That world will in large measure pay you what it thinks you are worth, and your worth will increase as you gain education and proficiency in your chosen field." -Gordon B. Hinckley, "A Prophet's Counsel and Prayer for Youth," Ensign, Jan. 2001, 2)

"There is a spirit working among the Saints to educate their own offspring. If our children will be all we will have for a foundation of glory in eternity, how needful that they be properly trained... There are wolves among us in sheep's clothing ready to lead astray our little ones... Wolves do not devour old sheep when there are any young ones. I have herded sheep long enough to know that. Look after your children." -John W. Taylor, Collected Discourses, 2:138.

"Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility. Yet opportunities and abilities differ. I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty." -Russell M. Nelson, "Where Is Wisdom?" Ensign, Nov. 1992, 6

"Some are inclined toward formal university training, and some are inclined more toward the practical vocational training. We feel that our people should receive that kind of training which is most consistent with their interests and talents. Whether it be in the professions, the arts, or the vocations; whether it be university or vocational training, we applaud and encourage it." -Spencer W. Kimball, in Conference Report, Oct. 1977, pp. 4-5; or Ensign, Nov. 1977, p. 4
 

"What you sincerely in your heart think of Christ will determine what you are, will largely determine what your acts will be. No person can study this divine personality, can accept his teachings without becoming conscious of an uplifting and refining influence within himself." -David O. McKay

God desires that we learn and continue to learn, but this involves some unlearning.  As Uncle Zeke said: 'It ain't my ignorance that done me up but what I know'd that wasn't so.'  The ultimate evil is the closing of the mind or stealing it against truth, resulting in the hardening of intellectual arteries." -Hugh B. Brown, Continuing to Learn