Quotes About Learning

Knowledge increases by sharing but not by saving.

Wisdom comes from making mistakes, having the courage to face them, and make adjustments moving forward based upon the knowledge acquired through those experiences.

Research; the quest for in-depth knowledge and wisdom.

To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.

The ability to learn, the means of learning, the tools of learning, are abundant and infinite. It's the desire that's incredibly scarce.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Wisdom > knowledge > information > data.

A great book can transmit years of wisdom in a few afternoons. Each sentence conveys meaning with precision and economy. A great book is a patient teacher and a deathless companion. A man with a good library has a thousand good mentors.

Learning is easier if you are honest about your own ignorance. People want to seem in the know. They try to signal that they are intelligent and informed. This is often counterproductive. Insecurity is the enemy of learning. A master knows how to be a beginner.

If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated.

All leaders are readers.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.

Learning something new is fun.

Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.

Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental.

I have always been intrigued by other cultures, and traveling to foreign lands has always been a part of my personal passion for learning about our world.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

Fail often. Fail fast. Clean it up. Learn from it. Move on. Repeat.

We always get a re-set. Learn, move forward. We're all imperfect and growing!

One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.