Quotes About Learning

There is much reading material that is available which is either time-wasting or corrupting. The best yardstick to use in discerning the worth of true knowledge and learning is to go first and foremost to the words of the Lord's prophets.

Our schools and universities are like the old Soviet department stores whose mission was to serve the interests of the sales clerks and not the customers.

There is so much that the past can teach us. -The Cripple

And old Padre Jose telling him to read as much as he could for the world was open only to those who could read and this skill was the most precious gift that any teacher could give. -Istak

Experience is that marvellous thing that allows you to recognize a mistake when you've already made it many times!

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

We learn from joy but also from grief; we learn from achievement, but just as much from failure; and what we learn from grief and failure is, after a while, to be grateful... All of us, young and old, learn more from obstacles than from the smooth path and from bracing ourselves against sudden harsh winds than from the undisturbed weather.

Seemingly useless bits of knowledge often were the difference between success and failure.

She'd quite liked being young and stupid. It beat middle-aged and fairly intelligent. Sometimes.

Learned fools exceed all fools

Why he's a poet, you know, so he may live upon learning.

I am too inexperienced and ignorant to conduct myself with propriety in this town, where every thing is new to me, and many things are unaccountable and perplexing.

The crucial challenge is to learn how to read critically, analyze data, and formulate ideas—and most of all to enjoy the intellectual adventure enough to be able to do them easily and often.

the central virtue of a liberal education is that it teaches you how to write, and writing makes you think. Whatever you do in life, the ability to write clearly, cleanly, and reasonably quickly will prove to be an invaluable skill.

liberal education should give people the skills "that will help them get ready for their sixth job, not their first job.

She'd learned a lot about letting go that past year. About not holding on to the past and embracing what fate had in store. About taking pride in a hard day's work, but also taking time to rest and find peace in the quiet moments of the day. Most of all, she'd learned the importance of spending time with those she loved. She now understood just how precious time was, and that it wasn't promised.

I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that.

I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.

Excelencias, imaginad por un momento qué sucedería si las bibliotecas pudiesen estar en casa de cualquier hijo de vecina.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

Y que es preciso que los pueblos lean para que aprendan no sólo el verdadero sentido de la libertad, sino el sentido actual de la comprensión mutua y de la vida. — Dime qué lees y te diré quién eres

Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.

I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.

Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.