Learning Quotes - Page 75

Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process.

Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her.

The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.

In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant More learned than the ears.

The fool multitude, that choose by show, not learning more than the fond eye doth teach.

I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now.

The young man who has the combination of the learning of books with the learning which comes of doing things with the hands need not worry about getting along in the world today, or at any time.

The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what they once knew but have forgotten, simply hold their own.

The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life.

We can actually learn from our mistakes and we can actually learn to conditionally structure our activities.

The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.

But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on account of their inherent dignity, not their outward direction. He is to be educated, because he is a man, not because he is to make shoes, nail, or pins.

Learning itself, received into a mind By nature weak, or viciously inclined, Serves but to lead philosophers astray, Where children would with ease discern the way.

O but we dreamed to mend Whatever mischief seemed To afflict mankind, but now That winds of winter blow Learn that we were crack-pated when we dreamed.

Lionel Johnson comes the first to mind, That loved his learning better than mankind, Though courteous to the worst; much falling he Brooded upon sanctity.

The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation.

[Kathleen Blackshear] just said, "Have you thought of looking at this?" and so on and so on and so on. And it was a discussion group where everyone had a say, and it was a tremendous learning experience.

I delight in the diffusion of learning; yet, I must confess it, I am most gratified and transported at finding a large quantity of it in one place; just as I would rather have a solid pat of butter at breakfast, than a splash of grease upon the table-cloth that covers half of it.

American business men must learn human nature to the point of accepting as necessary the Rabble Rouser of the Right. . . . To get fast action somebody must stir millions to genuine anger over conditions which are adversely affecting their lives.

You will have to learn many tedious things,...which you will forget the moment you have passed your final examination, but in anatomy it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all.

Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

As you get older, youre always maturing, youre always learning something new about yourself.

Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.

I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids.