Quotes About Learning

That's so," said Eliza. "Vacation ends next month. I start Latin this year. They say it's awful. You decline nouns. All _I_ can say is, who wouldn't?

And I once heard Mr. William Hunt, who is one of the first artists, say to a class of teachers, "I shall not try to adapt myself to your various lines of teaching. I will tell you the best things I know, and you may make the adaptations.

And if it is true that we acquired our knowledge before our birth, and lost it at the moment of birth, but afterward, by the exercise of our senses upon sensible objects, recover the knowledge which we had once before, I suppose that what we call learning will be the recovery of our own knowledge . . . PLATO*

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my mistakes.

Enquiring minds want to know.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

If thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

How can he get wisdom… whose talk is of bullocks?

Teaching creates all other professions.

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions.

A good example has twice the value of good advice.

My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, and I decided to teach her to sew. After I had gone through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, she stepped back, put her hands on her hips, and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do all that, but you can't play my Game Boy?"

Multiplication is vexation,Division is as bad;The rule of three doth puzzle me,And practice drives me mad.

Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.

We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts.

Don't know much about historyDon't know much biologyDon't know much about a science bookDon't know much about the French I took

Discover wildlife: be a teacher!

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.