Enter to grow in wisdom.
Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.
Notes from Wikiquote
The Yale Book of Quotations, 2006, p. 232 | Widely paraphrased as | Enter to learn; go forth to serve. | Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College. | Sometimes credited (in abbreviated form) to Margaret Sanger. | Sometimes parodied as: “Enter to learn; go forth to earn.”
Variants
Eliot considered included “Enter daily to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and mankind.”