“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.”
"It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own."
- Katherine Patterson
Inspiration
"This morning I took out a comma, and this afternoon I put it back again."
- Katherine Patterson
Creativity
""It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.""
- Katherine Patterson
Education
"To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another."
- Katherine Patterson
Facing Fears
"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