Education does not commence with the alphabet. It begins with a mother’s look a father’s nod and a sister’s gentle pressure on the hand and a brother’s act of forbearance. With flowers and green dells and on hills with birds’ nests admired but not touched, with pleasant walks in shady lanes, with thoughts directed in sweet and kindly tones, with deeds of virtue and benevolent thoughts to the source of all good and God Himself. ~Author Unknown
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art; but in the development of character. True education awakens a desire to conserve health by keeping the body clean and undefiled. True education trains in self-denial and self-mastery. True education regulates the temper, subdues passion and makes obedience to social laws and moral order a guiding principle of life. It develops reason and inculcates faith in the living God as the eternal, loving Father of all. ~David O. McKay
(From Richard Evans’ Quote Book, Publisher’s Press, Salt Lake City Utah, p. 78-79)
