Celebrating #HigherEducationDay With These Powerful Quotes

There are necessities, and there are luxuries, education is something that should always fall in the former category, but unfortunately, higher education is now a luxury only a few can afford. A fundamental right for every student, having the access and pecuniary resource to higher education can change the future of a generation. It is a building block for the development of a country and something that has always been emphasized upon by our elders and global leaders.

As the world gears up to revolutionize education on June 6th, we take a look at some of the quotes that best describe the importance of education: 

1) 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.' - Nelson Mandela

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2) 'The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think'- Albert Einstein

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3) 'One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.'- Malala Yousafzai

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4) ‘The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.’- Herbert Spencer

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5) ‘Without education you are not going anywhere in this world.’-Malcolm X 

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6) 'Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.' - Malcolm Forbes 

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7)' We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.'- Franklin D. Roosevelt