Quotes about Learning
Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
— Abraham Lincoln
Once said that his political adversary "dived down deeper into the sea of knowledge and came up drier than any other man he knew.
— Abraham Lincoln
The larger the island of knowledge the longer the shore line of wonder. Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge.
— Abraham Lincoln
A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
— Abraham Lincoln
A healthy person can accept criticism.
— Adrian Rogers
It is worth pointing out that feeling things (which usually means feeling them painfully ) is at some level linked to the acquisition of knowledge.
— Alain de Botton
He will need to learn that love is a skill rather than an enthusiasm.
— Alain de Botton
We are idiots now, we have been idiots in the past and we will be idiots again in the future - and that is OK.
— Alain de Botton
We are seekers of beauty, but avoid extravagance. We admire learning, but are unimpressed by pedantry. For us, wealth is an aim for its value when used, not as an empty boast. And the disgrace of poverty lies not in the admission of it, but more in the failure to avoid it in practice.
— Alain de Botton
Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
— Desmond Tutu
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
— Desmond Tutu
We learn from history that we don't learn from history!
— Desmond Tutu