Education

1.) "True learning must have a powerful spiritual component. That spiritual element, when it is effective, refines and uplifts the aims of our total education..." (Henry B. Eyring, BYU-Idaho Center Dedication at Brigham Young University-Idaho, December 2010, http://www.lds.org)

2.) “Our Creator expects His children everywhere to gain an education as a personal endeavor...In light of this celestial perspective, if you impulsively drop out or otherwise cut short your education, you would not only disregard a divine decree but also abbreviate your own eternal potential.” (Russel M. Nelson, Devotional Service at Brigham Young University-Idaho, January 2010, http://www.lds.org)

3.) "Knowledge typically is the foundation of understanding. We use our minds and our intellect, our experience, and the process of reasoning to acquire information, to analyze facts, to recognize patterns and relationships, and to summarize what we have learned and know about people, places, and events."  (David A. Bednar, Understanding Is A Wellspring Of Life, Ricks College Campus Education Week Devotional, June 1999, http://www.lds.org)

4.) "Being educated is the difference between wishing you could so some good and being able to do some good" (Russel M. Nelson, Focus On Values, February 2013, http://www.lds.org)

5.) "The world teaches that if we want something, we should have it. We should not have to wait for it. Debt can allow us to have it now. That debt can come through credit cards, or it might come through overextending the leverage on a house that we own. We can leverage what we have, even our education." (Neil L. Andersen, Reverence For God Is The Beginning of Wisdom, January 2013, http://www.lds.org)

6.) "According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of both high school and college. ...It is predicted that women will earn 60 percent of bachelor's, 63 percent of master's and 54 percent of doctorate degrees by 2016. Two-thirds of students in special education remedial programs are guys...Brethren, we have work to do." (D. Todd Christofferson, Brethren, We Have Work To Do, November 2012, http://www.lds.org)

7.) "The Lord has indicated that desirable knowledge includes "things both in heaven and in the earth, and under the earth; things which must shortly come to pass; things which are at home, things which are abroad; the wars and perplexities of the nations, and the judgements which are on the land; and a knowledge also of countries and of kingdoms" (D&C 88:79)." (Craig A Cardon, Education, January 2013, http://www.lds.org)

8.)" 'Education,'...'is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life'." (Henry B. Eyring, Real-Life Education, April 2009, http://www.lds.org)

9.) "Opposite of what many had thought, prosperity and education seem to be connected to a higher likelihood of having traditional families and values." (Russell M. Ballard, That the Lost May Be Found, April 2012, http://www.lds.org)

10.) "For members of the Church, education is not merely a good idea-it's a commandment." (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Learn!, September 2011, Friend )