Quotes About Learning

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

The friendship of two young people,' says Goethe somewhere, 'is delightful when the girl likes to learn and the boy to teach.' It will perhaps be said that this virgin curiosity is no more than unconscious physical desire; but what does it matter, if this desire sharpens the mind and deadens conceit?

Anak-anak di Nusantara, sejauh yang saya amati dan pahami, sering diajarkan bahasa secara tak konsisten. Di rumah maupun di sekolah, bahasa yang digunakan kerap tidak hanya satu. Keadaan ini sendiri sebetulnya tidak apa-apa; sebaliknya sangat bermanfaat bagi anak-anak jika mereka mendengar lebih dari satu bahasa sejak kecil. Hanya saja, penggunaannya harus konsisten.

Who seeks may find, who lives may learn, who loves is blessed.

To learn you must first fail

I've got no education.

Montessori went straight to my heart, because it's all about encountering the world through the senses. That's how kids learn best. The hands are the instrument of the mind—that was how Maria Montessori put it.

In moments of crisis, all you gotta do is review your multiplication tables, and it'll all blow over!

Hey, can you teach me the word for friend that you wrote on my card?" " Peng you ," I say. " Peng you ," she says, only instead of pung yo , it sounds like penguin . "Shee shee for being my penguin," she says.

I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as a CEO of a more traditional branded firm, it makes for a fast learning curve.

They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.

Dance is a place I go to know myself and the world experientially and intellectually.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

The school is built on top of a small rise,

SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST Ã¢â'¬â€œ Wissen ist Macht

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

Let the failures of today be the springboards for tomorrow. If you let them they will lead you to even more successes!

You are only as good as your biggest weakness. Focus on what you don't know, not on what you believe you know to achieve success.

It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very urgent things to tell girls.

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.

My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. —From "On Listening to Lectures" by Plutarch

You always go for the gorgeous ones and you always get kicked in the teeth. When are you going to learn?" "Learn what?" "That they don't go for insolvent, failed DJs

Like I said before, I'm ten now, so I've had some time to figure out some stuff.