Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.
While my parents never had the time or money to secure university education themselves, they were adamant that their children should. In comfort and in love, we were taught the joys of knowledge and of work well done. I only regret that neither my mother nor my father could live to see the day I would accept the Nobel Prize.
My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
My parents were marvelously educated people.
I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have.
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.
When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education.
My family gave me the best in education.
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