Middle-class families know education begins at birth.
Geoffrey CanadaRead
I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Heroes inspire hope and provide guidance to children, shaping their future.
This quote emphasizes the crucial role that heroes play in the lives of children. By providing inspiration and hope, heroes become guiding figures that help children navigate their challenges and envision a brighter future. Without such figures, children may struggle to find direction and positivity in their lives.
Themes
ChildrenHeroesHopeFutureInspiration
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared in a speech at a children's charity event.
More from Geoffrey Canada
All quotes →Why is it that when we had rotary phones, when we were having folks being crippled by polio, that we were teaching the same way then that we're doing right now?
Geoffrey CanadaRead
When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through.
Geoffrey CanadaRead
Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child, to reduce stresses in their life, to use positive incentives and words.
Geoffrey CanadaRead
I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich people's kids go to college. And if that's good enough for them, it's good enough for my kids. Because you know what? College graduates don't tend to go to jail as frequently as nongraduates.
Geoffrey CanadaRead
People don't believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don't have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don't get better.
Geoffrey CanadaRead
Similar quotes
So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road’s last turn will be the best.
Henry Van DykeRead
There's a Place in the Sun, where there's hope for everyone.
Stevie WonderRead
Everyone shines, given the right lighting.
Susan CainRead
I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.
Mandy PatinkinRead
Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
William Arthur WardRead
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead