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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.
Chinese Proverb - (thanks to Alice Fonda-Marsland)
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
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A penny for your thoughts.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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Never mistake a single mistake with a final mistake.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
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Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Confucius
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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
Richard Branson
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Bill Gates
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
Robert A. Heinlein
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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill
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There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
Clay P. Bedford
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
Eartha Kitt
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The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
Antisthenes
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The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
Mortimer Adler
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Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.
Thomas Szasz
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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Alvin Toffler
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The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.
Henry S. Haskins
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Developing a desire to learn is the kindling point of all classroom achievement.
Robert John Meehan
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Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.
George Evans
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Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing.
Madeline Hunter
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If learning is an act of exploration, then technology equips the explorer for the journey of a lifetime.
Anonymous
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It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Leo Buscaglia
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Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.
Geoff Mulgan
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Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Abigail Adams
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Henry Ford
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Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.
Mark Twain
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In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer
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That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a new way.
Doris Lessing
“
All learning has an emotional base.
Plato
“
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
Peter Drucker
“
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
Lloyd Alexander
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Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.
Eugene S. Wilson
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Whoso neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future.
Euripides
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
Lord Chesterfield
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Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming
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What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.
Martina Horner
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Shall I tell you a secret of a true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point and in that I learn from him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.
Jim Rohn
“
The greatest enemy of learning is knowing.
John Maxwell
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin
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Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Daniel Boorstin
“
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Mark Twain
“
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
Sarah Caldwell
“
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
Albert Einstein
“
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Benjamin Franklin
“
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
Benjamin Jowett
“
Children want to learn to the degree that they are unable to distinguish learning from fun. They keep this attitude until we adults convince them that learning is not fun.
Glenn Doman
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
“
A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.
Chinese Proverb - (thanks to Alice Fonda-Marsland)
“
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
“
A penny for your thoughts.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
“
Never mistake a single mistake with a final mistake.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
“
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
“
Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
“
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Confucius
“
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
Richard Branson
“
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Bill Gates
“
I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
Robert A. Heinlein
“
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill
“
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
Clay P. Bedford
“
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
Eartha Kitt
“
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
Antisthenes
“
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
Mortimer Adler
“
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.
Thomas Szasz
“
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Alvin Toffler
“
The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.
Henry S. Haskins
“
Developing a desire to learn is the kindling point of all classroom achievement.
Robert John Meehan
“
Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.
George Evans
“
Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing.
Madeline Hunter
“
If learning is an act of exploration, then technology equips the explorer for the journey of a lifetime.
Anonymous
“
It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Leo Buscaglia
“
Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.
Geoff Mulgan
“
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Abigail Adams
“
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Henry Ford
“
Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.
Mark Twain
“
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer
“
That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a new way.
Doris Lessing
“
All learning has an emotional base.
Plato
“
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
Peter Drucker
“
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
Lloyd Alexander
“
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.
Eugene S. Wilson
“
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future.
Euripides
“
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
Lord Chesterfield
“
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming
“
What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.
Martina Horner
“
Shall I tell you a secret of a true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point and in that I learn from him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“
Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.
Jim Rohn
“
The greatest enemy of learning is knowing.
John Maxwell
“
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin
“
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Daniel Boorstin
“
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Mark Twain
“
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
Sarah Caldwell
“
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
Albert Einstein
“
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Benjamin Franklin
“
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
Benjamin Jowett
“
Children want to learn to the degree that they are unable to distinguish learning from fun. They keep this attitude until we adults convince them that learning is not fun.
Glenn Doman