Learning Quotes

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

- Confucius

"I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand."

- Confucius

"Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others."

- Confucius

"When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn."

- Confucius

"Learn avidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently."

- Confucius

"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."

- Confucius

"No matter how busy you make think you are you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."

- Confucius

"Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous."

- Confucius

"Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it."

- Confucius

"If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few."

- Shunryu Suzuki

"The things you learn from sports – setting goals, being part of a team, confidence – that’s invaluable. It’s not about trophies and ribbons. It’s about being on time for practice, accepting challenges."

- Summer Sanders

""Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.""

- Bruce Lee

""The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.""

- Brian Herbert

""The expert in anything was once a beginner.""

- Helen Hayes

""Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.""

- Leonardo da Vinci

""Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.""

- Mahatma Gandhi

"​​Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way."

- Vera Wang

"Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success."

- Scott Adams

"Workers will need different skills to thrive in the workplace of the future. We'll see a growing demand for advanced technological skills such as programming. Social, emotional, and higher cognitive skills — such as creativity, critical thinking, and complex information processing — will also be in demand. Growing occupations, meanwhile, will include those with difficult-to-automate activities, such as managers and doctors, as well as care workers and teachers. Training and retraining mid-career workers and new generations for the coming challenges will be another imperative."

- James Manyika, Chairman and Director, McKinsey Global Institute

"The shift to lifelong learning is absolutely essential. As the pace of technological change quickens, we need to be sure that employees are keeping up with the right skills to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. That applies to both technical and soft skills. There will be changes in both areas."

- Zvika Krieger, Head of Technology Policy and Partnerships, Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum

"Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick."

- Alan Wilson Watts

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."

- Galileo Galilei

"I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself."

- Bill Rodgers

"Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules."

- Ashleigh Brilliant

"Chess is a school of silence."

- Marcel Duchamp

"Nunca es tarde para aprender."

"El tiempo es el mejor maestro"

"You will always find something new to learn every Sunday. May your day be filed with plenty of love and laughter."

"Success is not just about winning; it's about the lessons learned through the journey."

"It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things."