Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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Don't confuse schooling with education. I didn't go to Harvard but the people that work for me did. ― Elon Musk

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The deeper education consists in unlearning one's first education.

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If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. - Medgar Evers

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I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them. - Medgar Evers

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There is no other investment that has the kind of social multiplier effect that early education has. It is an incredible thing to nurture and watch grow and spread.

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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. ― W.C. Fields

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As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm going to work for it - even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. - Medgar Evers

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We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't pursue it. - Medgar Evers

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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

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