Quotes about Knowledge

Value self-improvement above self-promotion. King Solomon of ancient Israel said, "Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold. Wisdom is worth much more than precious jewels or anything else you desire." Make your next career move based on how it will improve you personally rather than how it will enhance you financially.

Our problems are no longer problems when we seek learning instead of leisure.

Without the wise counsel and insightful answers I've received to questions over those decades, I wonder where I would be today.

People approach any task with one of two mindsets: what I call the "Be-Good" mindset, where your focus is on proving that you have a lot of ability and already know what you're doing, and the "Get-Better" mindset, where your focus is on developing ability. You can think of it as the difference between wanting to prove that you are smart, and wanting to get smarter.

Education makes all the difference.

Ignorance means we didn't have the necessary information; stupidity means we had the necessary information but misused it.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher — evaluated experience is.

Every day I read, write, think, ask questions, and file what I learn. These are the five disciplines I practice to keep improving.

Remember that success is just 15 percent product knowledge and it's 85 percent people knowledge.

Before I discovered that helping myself made me more capable of helping others. That's one of the reasons I tell people that to add value to others, they must make themselves more valuable. You can't give something you don't have. You can't tell what you don't know. You can't share what you don't feel. No one gives out of a vacuum.

Knowledge alone is not power. Knowledge has value only in the hands of someone who has the ability to think well. People must learn how to think well to achieve their dreams and to reach their potential.