Quotes About Learning

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.

He seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.

The Professor never really seemed to care whether we figured out the right answer to a problem. He preferred our wild, desperate guesses to silence, and he was even more delighted when those guesses led to new problems that took us beyond the original one. He had a special feeling for what he called the "correct miscalculation," for he believed that mistakes were often as revealing as the right answers.

He preferred smart questions to smart answers.

Among the many things that made the Professor an excellent teacher was the fact that he wasn't afraid to say 'we don't know.' For the Professor, there was no shame in admitting you didn't have the answer, it was a necessary step toward the truth. It was as important to teach us about the unknown or the unknowable as it was to teach us what had already been safely proven.

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

Technology should be used to create a learning space—a breathable space that nurtures possibilities rather than merely fulfilling predictions.

education is not simply preparation for life; education is life itself.

It is apparent that the traditional teacher-centered pedagogy needs to be changed. It is also more feasible than ever before to make the change. The change is more than piecemeal tinkering. It is a paradigm shift, a complete rethinking of how teaching and learning are carried out

we need an education that enhances individual strengths, follows children's passions,

It is precisely the lack of explicit objectives determined by external parties that fascinates children.

What is the relationship between technology (e.g., TV, computers, the Internet, tablets) and teachers?

We may all possess wisdom if we are willing to be persuaded that the experience of others is as useful as our own.

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.

The secret to wisdom is curiosity.

Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.

In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps.

And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.

Travel teaches as much as books.