By a delicious irony, her most lucrative target is a school prize, awarded to the student who shows the most devotion in learning and reciting passages from the Koran.
His own sincere patriotism, commitment to the tradition, and devotion to learning and scholarship have remained an inspiration to this day in East Asia and throughout the world.
I have taken a serious devotion to learning piano during the past year.
He became so well known for his devotion to learning that he is said to have been summoned by his uncle Athelm, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to enter his service.
Yet the vibrancy and energy of children in the slum – and this is reflected in Slumdog – are immensely touching; but there is no trace here of their devotion to learning and self-improvement.
Bede's commentary on Tatwine calls him a "vir religione et Prudentia insignis, sacris quoque literis nobiliter instructus" (a man notable for his prudence, devotion and learning).
Even as a child, he was noted for his devotion to learning and for his mastery of many kinds of artistic craftsmanship.
The top two reasons respondents said they read Scripture were for personal prayer and devotion and to learn more about their religion -- with at least six in 10 citing each factor.
A corollary of Francis's devotion to humility was his distrust of book learning.
However, a modern-day samurai can still adopt the devotion and focus of samurais from the past when learning to fight with modern-day weapons.
