Quotes About Learning

I've learned that once children gain a sense of real possession, they share very naturally, freely, and spontaneously.

our basic human needs and capacities to live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy

No hay mejor forma de alimentar y expandir la mente de forma regular que hacerse el hábito de leer buenos libros.7

more you know the more you know you don't know.

There's no better way to inform and expand your mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature. That's another high leverage Quadrant II activity. You can get into the best minds that are now or that have ever been in the world. I highly recommend starting with a goal of a book a month, then a book every two weeks, then a book a week. "The person who doesn't read is no better off than the person who can't read.

writing truly imprints the brain

the person who doesn't read is no better off than the person who can't read

Or a person endlessly going to school, never producing, living on other people's golden eggs—the eternal student syndrome.

Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know. I

We are limited, but we can push back the borders of our limitations. An understanding of the principle of our own growth enables us to search out correct principles with the confidence that the more we learn, the more clearly we can focus the lens through which we see the world. The principles don't change; our understanding of them does.

You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

Yesterday's meal will not satisfy today's hunger. It is regular input that provides energy and health.

Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do.

Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

in an artificial social system such as school, you may be able to get by if you learn how to manipulate the man-made rules, to "play the game.

Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.

If you know the failure paths of the job, identify them. Be honest and open—tell a person where the quicksand is and where the wild animals are. You don't want to have to reinvent the wheel every day. Let people learn from your mistakes or the mistakes of others. Point out the potential failure paths, what not to do, but don't tell them what to do. Keep the responsibility for results with them—to do whatever is necessary within the guidelines.

If we work upon marble, it will perish. If we work upon brass, time will efface it. But if we work upon immortal minds, and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving upon tablets which no time will efface but will brighten and brighten to all eternity.

By working on knowledge, skill, and desire

To keep progressing, we must learn, commit, and do—learn, commit, and do—and learn, commit, and do again.

In all of life, there are sequential stages of growth and development. A child learns to turn over, to sit up, to crawl, and then to walk and run. Each step is important and each one takes time. No step can be skipped.

How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?" —Henry David Thoreau

My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach.

It is simply impossible to violate, ignore, or shortcut this development process. It is contrary to nature, and attempting to seek such a shortcut only results in disappointment and frustration.