Quotes About Learning

Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not now.' 'Good,' Halt replied, a trifle smugly. 'Serves you right.

Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced.

Horace, when you get older, try to avoid being saddled with an apprentice. Not only are they a damned nuisance, but apparently they constantly feel the need to get the better of their masters. They're bad enough when they're learning. But when they graduate, they become unbearable. [The Kings of Clonmel Pg.268]

Well I'm not dancing," Will said through gritted teeth. "I don't know how." Oh yes you are," Alyss told him. "Let's hope you're a fast learner." He glanced at her and saw no prospect of escape. "Well,at least I won't be the only one," he said. "Halt will be terrible too." But nobody in the assembly knew tat for the past ten days, Halt had been taking dance lessons from Lady Sandra.

You're an apprentice, you're not ready to think yet. -Ranger's Apprentice

You're dropping the bow hand as you release," he called, although Halt certainly wasn't. His mentor looked around, saw him, and replied pithily, "I believe your grandmother needs lessons in sucking eggs.

Keep practicing," he told her. "Until I get it right?" she said. But he corrected her. "No. Until you don't get it wrong.

Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up. And having to stand by and watch was part of being a mentor.

If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said. "I have. But not an interrupting one.

Halt and Gilan looked at him, then looked at each other, and said in chorus: "You're an apprentice. You're not ready to think." Then

Keep practicing," he told her. "Until I get it right," she said. But he corrected her. "No. Until you don't get it wrong.

I did," he replied ruefully. "But while I was busy watching the ground, I hit that branch with my head. Broke it clean in two.

Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalise it. Recognise it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us. Not even Halt,' he added, seriously.

I see," said Will. But Halt shook his head. "No. All too often, you don't see, because you don't maintain your concentration. You'll have to work on that." Will said nothing. He merely accepted the criticism. He'd learned by now that Halt didn't criticize without reason. And when there was reason, no amount of excuses could save him.

Only a fool thinks he knows everything.

I see your capacity for addition has improved

You're an apprentice. You're not ready to think.

Maddie trok een wenkbrauw op, een uitdrukking die ze van hem had overgenomen en die hij weer van Halt had.

That might be a bit of an exaggeration,' she said. 'I can really only knock the head off a gnat. We don't do eyeballs until fifth year.

I forgot how much fun it is having an apprentice.

Maddie mompelde een niet erg damesachtige verwensing. 'Zo, dat verwacht je niet te horen uit de mond van een prinses,' merkte Will op. 'Waar heb je die uitdrukking in 's hemelsnaam geleerd?' 'Van mijn moeder,' antwoordde ze kortaf. Will knikte. 'Aha, natuurlijk. Vandaar.

Now," he said, "all you have to do is learn to use them. And you know what that means, don't you? Will nodded his head, grinning. "A lot of practice

And what's the first rule between masters and apprentices?" he asked her. She heaved a deep sigh. "If a job is dirty and unpleasant or uncomfortable, it's a job for the apprentice," she replied.