In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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""They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.""

- Tom Bodett

Love

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

- Tom Bodett

Hope

"In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."

- Tom Bodett

Learning from Mistakes

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for"

- Tom Bodett

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

- Nelson Mandela

Education

"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

Education

"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."

Education

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

- Kotomi Ichinose

Education