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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."
"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."
"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."
"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."
"Gold has a price, but learning is priceless."
"It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play."
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
"We are born not to be perfect, but to learn and reflect from imperfections"
"Light up the darkness."
"Learning never exhausts the mind."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"You cannot open a book without learning something."
"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."
"All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher."
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
"It is the art of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."
"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information."
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."
"You do not learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and falling over."
"Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it."
"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"I am still learning."
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
"Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less."
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited."
"Education is not preparation; education is life itself."
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
"Much to learn, you still have."
"I had six honest men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who."
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."
"Education's responsibility is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."
"Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning."
"Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get."
"Education is the movement from darkness to light."
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."
"Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life."
"For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head."
