We believe that the role of local government is crucial in creating and managing everyday places that work for everyone. To achieve this it must be well resourced with diverse, placemaking skills, and the right support to lead the way.
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited."
"Learning never exhausts the mind."
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."
"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."
"You cannot open a book without learning something."
"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"I had six honest men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who."
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
"It is the art of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning."
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
"You do not learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and falling over."
"It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play."
"Gold has a price, but learning is priceless."
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"Light up the darkness."
"For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head."
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life."
"I am still learning."
"All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher."
"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."
"Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less."
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."
"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."
"Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get."
"Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it."
"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information."
"We are born not to be perfect, but to learn and reflect from imperfections"
"Education's responsibility is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."
"Education is not preparation; education is life itself."
"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."
"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."
"Education is the movement from darkness to light."
"Much to learn, you still have."