Wednesday 10 August 2016

Quotes on Education

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is devoted to the right to education.
The right of indigenous peoples to education is protected by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which in Article 14 states that “Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.”

Quotes on Education
1.    Education is the movement from darkness to light. 
2.    The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
3.    The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
4.    Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
5.    Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
6.    The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. 
7.    Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
8.    The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
9.    Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
10. Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

11. Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Monday 8 August 2016

Eleven Signs of Hope

  1. If you can look to the past and smile, then you still have hope.
  2. If you can see the good in other people, then you still have hope.
  3. If you give people the benefit of a doubt, then you still have hope.
  4. If the smile of a child can still warm your heart, then you still have hope.
  5. If you can find beauty in the colors of a small flower, then you still have hope.
  6. If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly, then you still have hope.
  7. If the rain breaking on a roof top can still lull you to sleep, then you still have hope.
  8. If you look forward to a time or place of quiet and reflection, then you still have hope.
  9. If you refuse to let a friendship die, or accept that it must end, then you still have hope.
  10. If you meet new people with a trace of excitement and optimism, then you still have hope.
  11. If the sight of a rainbow still makes you stop and stare in wonder, then you still have hope.