Quotes By Dr. Zaidi — Dr. Arjumand Zaidi

In her words

Nine lines, nine reasons to keep going.

The quotes below are placeholders in tone and number — swap in the real lines whenever you're ready, and this grid will read as her voice, unchanged in design.

Good education is the fundamental right of every child.

On founding St. Xavier’s Convent School, and why the fee had to stay nominal.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Shared with children and volunteers at Chetna Shelter Home.

We are called to make a difference. And we will.

From her closing line at a Youth for Human Rights India workshop.

A family that becomes self-reliant needs no charity, only opportunity.

On why Holy Vision International's projects centre on livelihoods, not handouts.

Teach a child their rights, and you teach a nation to respect them.

On carrying the 30 articles of human rights into everyday classrooms.

A green cover protected today is a promise kept to a child not yet born.

On why environment sits beside education in every school session.

Kindness, respect and dignity — nurture the youth with these and the results flower on their own.

From her remarks to first-time volunteers.

No child's future should be decided by their family's income.

The founding principle behind every fee-structure decision at the school.

Peace and tolerance are not taught in a single lesson — they are practised every day.

On the everyday, unglamorous side of human rights education.

Lines worth carrying with you.