Quotes About Learning

Not having any books makes me feel empty and strained and pathetic.

Nothing was ever wasted, and nothing was learned in vain.

Lydia is an excellent student! She's a clever girl, only these teachers are such sticklers for having all papers and tests completed, and they leave no room for judging her by her own merit.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

When we get there, Coach Byrnes gives us a pre-season pep talk. He carries around this clipboard and whistle and talks really, really fast. "Passtheballovertherenowturnaroundandkickitintothegoalrightnow!" Sometimes I have no idea what he's talking about. I thought I knew everything there was to know about soccer. Boy, was I wrong.

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Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous.

Courteous people learn courtesy from the discourteous

Sylvain flung out his hands. "You think my father never screwed up with me? You think I never screwed up with him? You don't get only one chance, for God's sake. You get five million chances, second after second every day. You don't have to get every single one of them perfect. Merde. It's not chocolate.

Libri faciunt labia, maese Zacarius, libri faciunt labia. Lo cual, en lengua vulgar, significa que 'la lectura perfecciona la elocuencia'.

Para qué sirve jugar con los hijos? Es la manera más directa de entrar en relación con ellos. Generalmente, les pedimos que se adapten al mundo de los adultos –cosa que hacen, por ejemplo, soportando largas jornadas escolares–. Jugar con ellos es hacer el camino inverso: nosotros nos adaptamos un rato al mundo de los niños. Parece ser un trato justo. Definitivamente, jugar es una cosa seria. Y los niños están dispuestos a enseñarnos las reglas.

He (Thomas Smith) believed with complete conviction that no animal was permanently ruined. Every horse could be improved. He lived by a single maxim: 'Learn your horse. Each one is an individual, and once you penetrate his mind and heart, you can often work wonders with an otherwise intractable beast.

We start learning the minute we're born, Laura. And if we're wise, we don't stop until the Lord calls us home.

Trial and error is Creativity's way of prolonging the fun.

Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you'll continue to get better and better. Sometimes, people think that if they don't display great talent and have some success right away, they won't succeed. But writing is about struggling through and learning and finding out what it is about writing itself that you really love.

Trying new things constantly and then abandoning them without further study or work is not iterating. That's flailing.

Ignorance is not a capital crime. It is a correctable condition.

I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.

What was the point of giving children freedom to experiment and fail, if one then turned it all into a tiresome object lesson?

She had always thought of it as being rich, having so many books she has yet to read.