Quotes about Learning

Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

The blessing of knowledge becomes a curse when we pervert it.

The more man learns, the less he knows.

It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.

Children will learn far more by watching than by just listening.

If a child is to survive, he or she must know the rules of safety. If he is to be healthy, he must know the rules of health. If he is to drive a car, he must know the rules of the road. If he is to become a ball player, he must learn the rules of the game. And, contrary to popular thinking, children appreciate rules.

To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.

Children must be taught obedience just as much as they need to be taught to read and write.

Education is not a thing apart from life—not a "system," nor a philosophy; it is direct teaching how to live and how to work.

Education is not what a person is able to hold in his head, so much as it is what a person is able to find.I

If you are milking cows and feel that you know all that there is to be known about it, you have simply reached the point where you are useless and unfitted for the work.

Perhaps the most valuable thing that I got out of my second year was an understanding of the use and value of the Bible.