"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." Sir Edmund Hillary

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself – John Dewey

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest -Benjamin Franklin 

"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." James Dewar 

"A good education is a foundation for a better future." - Elizabeth Warren

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.” William Butler Yeats

“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play, children learn how to learn” (Fred Donaldson)

Nurturing our kids hearts and souls as well as their minds and their bodies is educating the whole child.  - Maggie Dent

“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.” - Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” - Socrates

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”—Dr. Seuss

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all - Aristotle

"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners and the love of bringing the first two loves togehter." - Scott Hayden

“First delight, then instruct” - Gustav Friedrich Waagen

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” Robert Collier

"Take care of our children. Take care of what they hear. Take care of what they see. Take care of what they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa" - Dame Whina Cooper

"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." James Dewar 

When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts. – Dalai Lama