Sam Evans is an ophthalmologist who offers cataract surgery in South Devon and West Wales.
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get."
"It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play."
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
"Much to learn, you still have."
"Education is not preparation; education is life itself."
"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
"I had six honest men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who."
"Gold has a price, but learning is priceless."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"Light up the darkness."
"Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning."
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."
"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited."
"All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher."
"I am still learning."
"Education is the movement from darkness to light."
"We are born not to be perfect, but to learn and reflect from imperfections"
"For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head."
"You cannot open a book without learning something."
"You do not learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and falling over."
"Learning never exhausts the mind."
"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."
"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."
"Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life."
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."
"Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it."
"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."
"Education's responsibility is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
"It is the art of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less."
"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information."