Quotes About Learning

Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference.

Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.

In times of change, learners inherit the earth

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.

I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things humans have done. And then try to bring those things in to what you're doing.

Take the job or the project that scares you a little. It's the one with the most to teach you.

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game, it's hard to think of everything.

Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.

If you want to be an entrepreneur, fail as fast as you can. The longer you go without that experience, the more afraid you will be of it, and then you will never do it!

Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select.

Surround yourself with people smarter than you.

Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.

Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.

Curiosity about the world and questioning of the status quo to open minds to alternative visions of the future are essential leadership skills. And they can be learned.

Effective leaders let people discover things for themselves.