Quotes About Learning

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent

You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

All life is an experiment.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Whenever you fall, pick something up.

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Being wrong is acceptable, but staying wrong is totally unacceptable.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.

Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.