Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

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"We say, hold on to the real facts of history as they are, but complete such knowledge by studying also the history of races and nations which have been purposely ignored."

- Carter G. Woodson

Awareness

"When you control a man’s thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions."

- Carter G. Woodson

Awareness

"We have a wonderful history behind us…and it is going to inspire us to greater achievements."

- Carter G. Woodson

Inspiration

"No man knows what he can do until he tries."

- Carter G. Woodson

Motivation

"History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning."

- Carter G. Woodson

Responsibility

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

Education

"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Education

"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

Education