Quotes About Knowledge

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.

Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.

A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

Advice is what we ask for when we already knew the answer but wish we didn't.

You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.

A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.

experience alone does not add value to a life. It's not necessarily experience that is valuable; it's the insight people gain because of their experience. Reflective

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge." Many

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

The greatest enemy of learning is knowing

If you know something without having lived it, your audience experiences a credibility gap.

people knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

When I teach and mentor leaders, I remind them that if they stop learning, they stop leading

A blind man's world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man's world by the limits of his knowledge; a great man's world by the limits of his vision.

Humorist Will Rogers said, "There are three kinds of men. Ones that learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest of us have to pee on an electric fence and find out for ourselves." Ouch. That's got to hurt. But let's face it: some people only learn things the hard way.

a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.

People say there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge; let your learning lead to action.

Value self-improvement above self-promotion. King Solomon of ancient Israel said, "Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold. Wisdom is worth much more than precious jewels or anything else you desire." Make your next career move based on how it will improve you personally rather than how it will enhance you financially.

Forty-two percent of college graduates never read a book after college.

Our problems are no longer problems when we seek learning instead of leisure.

Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.

Without the wise counsel and insightful answers I've received to questions over those decades, I wonder where I would be today.