Quotes About Learning

I believe we have two lives. The life we learn with, and the life we live with after that.

I've never really had a problem with reporters. I treat them as human beings, not as objects to be manipulated. I find I can manipulate them better that way. I've long ago learned that in dealing with the press, sincerity is the most important quality you can have. If you can fake sincerity, you've got it made.

Knowledge was the most valuable of all treasures. No wonder

Wherever the Christian faith has been found, there has been a close association with the written word of God, with books, education, and learning.

Lincoln once said that his father taught him how to work but not how to enjoy it.

Whitman wrote articles on almost every topic, storing up images and impressions that would later be useful to him as a poet.

As a poet, he is both the firm teacher trying to guide us and the mild one inviting us to develop on our own, a paradox captured in lines like "I teach straying from me, yet who can stray from me?" or "He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

I wanted to be able to do things at my own pace," he said. "I wanted to make mistakes and nobody would care.

History's lessons are no more enlightening than the wisdom of those who interpret them.

Furniture or gold can be taken away from you, but knowledge and a new language can easily be taken from one place to the other, and nobody can take them away from you.

When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.

I think, How innocent we are of our mistakes and how responsible we are for them.

changes." And then we start again. It's like Groundhog Day. It may seem like you've made no progress and are starting over, but you aren't. Every repetition is different; the lessons are different because you are.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how responsible we are for them.

Because talent is a function of acquired skills rather than innate ability, adult achievement depends completely on long-term attitude and resources and process rather than any particular age-based talent quotient.

Playing well requires study—period. There are more and less sophisticated ways to play the game, and those unwilling to face up to the reality of chess knowledge will be consigned forever to be ineffective, ignorant underachievers. (Understanding this hard truth didn't amount to acting on it, but it was at least a good first step.)

Hating the scientific method is hating learning.

Saying "I don't know" is not a flaw. It is a true and valid statement that does not take the totally illogical leap of "I don't know … therefore a god did it." It communicates the simple and reasonable proposition that we need to learn more.

The most elementary book on arithmetic contains more knowledge and insight about reality than the collected sayings of every guru who ever lived.

Teaching has its virtues, but it is often bad for the teacher.

Playing to win involves viewing a loss as an opportunity to learn and improve. Getting

In this school of life, it is impossible to need a particular lesson without that lesson appearing. It is impossible for a lesson to appear without your needing it. The next lesson is always ready and waiting.