The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight; any thinking that relaxes the will to fight and belittles the enemy is wrong.

Mao Zedong

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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

Mao Zedong

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A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.

Socrates

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One must never be discouraged by defeats in one's youth, but continue to learn throughout one's whole life.

Winston Churchill

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Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; not without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.

Chanakya

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Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught, but I shall not attempt to foreshadow the proposals which will be brought before the House tomorrow. Today it will be sufficient and appropriate to deal with the obvious difficulties and confusion of the situation as we found it on taking office.

Winston Churchill

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