Quotes About Learning

Someone who doesn't know history, he says, is "in the literal sense half-witted . . . He does not know what half his own words mean, or what half his own actions signify.

understanding the facts is more important than knowing the facts. But

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their common sense.

when I say that children should be taught to think I do not mean (like many moderns) that they should be taught to doubt; for the two processes are not only not the same, but are in many ways opposite. To doubt is only to destroy; to think is to create.

An open mind is really a mark of foolishness, like an open mouth.3 The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

In order to know the truth it is necessary to desire the truth, especially the truth that you do not know.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson Don't give up in the middle!

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.

Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn something new, to gain fresh insights.

What is of the utmost importance is exposing children to critical thinking as opposed to mindless indoctrination.

It is important to remember that regardless of expertise, credential, or experience, none of us is infallible. We can all be wrong and so should not be placed above honest question or challenge.

Where there is no critical thinking, there is no progress. If the children are our future, then critical thinking must be their guide.

Just remember, education (providing leadership for your kids as they learn life skills) is different from indoctrination (pouring ideas into their heads without inviting critical examination).

The main goal of education should always be to learn how to learn, to become an independent thinker.

I eventually learned to correct behaviors by having my children recognize and name the problem themselves. Replace "Don't pull the dog's ears" with "Why is pulling the dog's ears a bad idea?" Very young kids can grapple with that, and you've required them to reason, not just to obey. Good practice.

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes, the error of the past is the wisdom of the future.

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as 'Christians' will become disciples – students, apprentices, practitioners – of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence.

The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.