JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<ul id="ticker">
<li><q> Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery </q><cite>Horace Mann</cite></li>
<li><q> The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet </q><cite>Aristotle</cite></li>
<li><q> Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school </q><cite>Albert Einstein</cite></li>
<li><q> Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world </q><cite>Nelson Mandela</cite></li>
<li><q> Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune </q><cite>Jim Rohn</cite></li>
</ul>

JavaScript

var $ticker = $('#ticker'); // save the static element
function tick(){
    $ticker.children().first().fadeOut(2000, function () {
        $(this).appendTo($ticker).fadeIn(500);
    });
}
setInterval(tick, 8000);