Knowledge — that is, education in its true sense — is our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear.

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"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

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"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the figure of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Compassion

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Belief in Self

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

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"I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

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"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

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"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

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"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

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