Quotes About Learning

an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn much more rapidly and retain what it learns far more effectively than an animal punished for bad behavior.

The Mind in the Making.

Remember what Emerson said: "Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him." And

Science," said the French philosopher Valéry, "is a collection of successful recipes.

Well, now, look. I thought otherwise but I may be wrong. I frequently am. And if I am wrong, I want to be put right. Let's examine the facts.

No lloremos nunca sobre la leche derramada

freeing up time for more valuable endeavors, such as advanced training. He

These are lessons Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars certainly takes to heart.

In school you're rewarded for not making mistakes.

Once he found learning was easy, his whole life changed.

Come to think it over, I don't entirely agree with it myself. Not everything I wrote yesterday appeals to me today. I am glad to learn what you think on the subject. The next time you are in the neighborhood you must visit us and we'll get this subject threshed out for all time. So here is a handclasp over the miles, and I am, Yours sincerely

It taught Carnegie a lesson he never forgot.

Não é possível ensinar qualquer coisa a um homem. Só é possível ajudá-lo a descobri-la dentro de si.

Os homens devem ser ensinados como se não fossem ensinados, e o desconhecido, proposto como se fosse algo esquecido.

Anne's mistake was not without consequence, but in admitting the mistake and seeking forgiveness, she allowed room for a

F. Skinner, the world-famous psychologist, proved through his experiments that an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn much more rapidly and retain what it learns far more effectively than an animal punished for bad behavior.

Cuando llegué a reconocer que esta actitud me estaba llevando a la quiebra, probé una táctica distinta. Empecé a decir: "En nuestra agencia hemos cometido tantos errores, que con frecuencia me siento avergonzado. Es posible que nos hayamos equivocado en su caso. Dígame cómo fue".

are all imperfect beings full of shortcomings, and this affords us perhaps as many opportunities

Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts. Thomas Edison knew that. At the time of his death, he had two thousand five hundred notebooks filled with facts about the problems he was facing.

If you are going to prove anything, don't let anybody know it. Do it so subtly, so adroitly, that no one will feel that you are doing it. This was expressed succinctly by Alexander Pope: Men must be taught as if you taught them not And things unknown proposed as things forgot.

When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning. Even as the Internet grants us easy access to vast amounts of information, it is turning us into shallower thinkers, literally changing the structure of our brain.8

Welcome the disagreement. Remember the slogan, "When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

I taught President Roosevelt how to handle a car with a lot of unusual gadgets, but he taught me a lot about the fine art of handling people.

every month all the insurance contracts her company issues. Yes, she reads the same contracts over month after month, year after year. Why? Because experience has taught