“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 asingle 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
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