The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Source: Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. Literally translated by C. D. Yonge; Henry G. Bohn, 1853. [Dicta attributed to Aristotle in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius.]

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Source: Long Walk to Freedom (1995) by Nelson Mandela.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

Source: The Purpose Of Education by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse College Student Paper, The Maroon Tiger, in 1947

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One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. – Sophocles

Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

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