"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams Topic(s): Education Tags: attained, learning More From Abigail Adams "Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues." "I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic." "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could." More In Education "We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study."― Woodrow Wilson "As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community."― Ed Pastor "As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible – my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on."― Anna Friel