Learning Quotes
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More Learning Quotes
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
dr. seuss
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.
bruce lee— Striking Thoughts (2000, p. 5)
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
helen keller— The Story of My Life (1902)
Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo stalk from a bamboo stalk.
Matsuo Basho— Attributed, quoted in On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho (translated by Lucien Stryk), introduction.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
bill gates— Business @ The Speed of Thought (1999)
When students' language, culture and experience are ignored or excluded in classroom interactions, students are immediately starting from a disadvantage. Everything they have learned about life and the world up to this point is being dismissed as irrelevant to school learning; there are few points of connection to curriculum materials or instruction and so students are expected to learn in an experiential vacuum. Students' silence and nonparticipation under these conditions have frequently been interpreted as lack of academic ability or effort, and teachers’ interactions with students have reflected a pattern of low expectations which become self-fulfilling.
jim cummins— Negotiating Identities: Education for Empowerment in a Diverse Society (1996), pp. 2-3
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
Tom bodett— American author, politician, voice actor, and radio host
I have learnt much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and most from my students.
— Rabi Hanina, Ta'anit 7a.
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.
chuck grassley— United States Senator from Iowa, serving since 1981
Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
1st Baron— "Machiavelli", in the Edinburgh Review, March 1827.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
aldous huxley— A Case of Voluntary Ignorance (1959).
Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.
Heinrich Heine— As quoted in The Modern Handbook of Humor (1967) by Ralph Louis Woods, p. 493
It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.
steve maraboli— "Life, the Truth, and Being Free" (2009, pg. 80)
"The most important thing any teacher has to learn, not to be learned in any school of education I ever heard of, can be expressed in seven words: Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners."
— John Holt, in 'Growing Without Schooling' magazine #40.
Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
john selden— John Selden, Table Talk, Learning.
If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.
tom peters
If we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
You learn so much from a boyfriend. It's hard to put into words, I guess.
hilary duff— American actress and singer
Every question leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions.
Bill Nye— Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (2014, p. 8)
Change is the end result of all true learning.
Leo Buscaglia— Felice Leonardo "Leo" Buscaglia PhD, also known as "Dr. Love," was an American author and motivational speaker (1924 - 1998)
Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
Jim Rohn— American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker
