Student Quotes

As a kid I was deeply curious as to what college life would be like. Now that I am a university professor, I realize that this was a premonition that once I entered college I would never get out, and that my matriculation would turn into some sort of life sentence.

The pleasure of reading is the greatest solitude.

Lailah Gifty Akita

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Travelling shouldn't be just a tour, it should be a tale.

Travel teaches as much as a teacher.

Be a true traveller, don't be a temporary tourist.

Travelling the road will tell you more about the road than the google will tell you about the road.

Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.

You need mountains, long staircases don't make good hikers.