Quotes About Learning

It [further education] is most essential,otherwise I would not have educated my sons. I learnt the hard way.Maybe if I had some education my success and growth would have been quicker.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person.

Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind.

I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race, possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution, is that it has grown by creatively responding to failure.

It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner.

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.

When you are forced to think, you expand your mental capacity. When you expand your mental capacity, your wealth increases.

A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.

The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

The early years were more about learning than about acting. I had to carry on my father's work, which was a big challenge.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

A great book should leave you with many experiences.

All my successes have been built on my failures.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

A person without regrets is a nincompoop.