“If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters”
Education
LDS Quotes on Education
“Let us educate ourselves. Light is not the absence of darkness; rather, darkness is the absence of light. Light and truth exist independently. This being the case, the more light we have, the more independent we are, and the freer we are to choose. With truth lighting the way, we are able to see and make choices we otherwise couldn’t make.”
“Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God.”
There is a recurring theme in the revelations having to do with learning. And, from the beginning, Church leaders have counseled us to get all of the education we can as a preparation for and as an improvement of our careers. For example:
“Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.” (D&C 88:118)
| The Gospel—The Foundation for Our Career
“It is so important that you young men and you young women get all of the education that you can. The Lord has said very plainly that His people are to gain knowledge of countries and kingdoms and of things of the world through the process of education, even by study and by faith.”
| Inspirational Thoughts, Ensign, June 1999, 4.
“Accomplish personal goals in each of four categories . . . : spiritual development; physical development; educational, personal, and career development; and citizenship and social development.”
| "Fulfilling Our Duty to God," October 2001:
“The tuition of diligence and learning by faith must be paid to obtain and personally ‘own’ such knowledge.”