I did not clip the wings of my daughter to fly.
Interpretation
Parents should support their children's aspirations and freedom rather than restrict them.
This quote emphasizes the importance of allowing children, especially daughters, to pursue their dreams and ambitions without imposing limitations. It reflects a commitment to fostering independence and empowering the younger generation to reach their full potential, rather than confining them within societal expectations or personal fears.
In practice
In a speech about women's rights, this quote can be used to highlight the importance of supporting girls' education.
If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomachache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.
When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.
Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honorable. Educate your daughters, they are amazing.
Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.
When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.
Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.
A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation's schools.
I now understand what Nelle Morton meant when she said that one of the great tasks in our time is to "hear people to speech." Behind their fearful silence, our students want to find their voices, speak their voices, have their voices heard. A good teacher is one who can listen to those voices even before they are spoken-so that someday they can speak with truth and confidence.
All books are doors; and some of them are wardrobes.
I took a good deal o' pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young, and shift for hisself. It's the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.
I've always been curious about how much of our cultural baggage we bring to what and how we read. I suspect we bring a lot, although we like to think we don't.
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