There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

I am a part of everything that I have read.

Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.