Quotes about Learning

Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that;s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.

If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.

A man who loses his money, gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.

As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

Ignorance never settles a question.

What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.