"Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in."
- Leonardo da Vinci
"Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in."
- Leonardo da Vinciinspiring , Leonardo da Vinci , education , learning , school
"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me."
- Ralph Waldo Emersoninspiring , Ralph Waldo Emerson , growth , knowledge , learning , reading-books , self-improvement
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
- Albert Einsteininspiring , Albert Einstein , knowledge , learning , understanding
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
- Aristotleinspiring , Aristotle , learning , love , understanding
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."
- Socrates
"No knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what a man 'learns' is really what he 'discovers', by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , spiritual , Swami Vivekananda , infinite , knowledge , learning , soul
"If you learn music you'll learn most all there is to know"
- Edgar Cayceinspiring , Edgar Cayce , creativity , learning , music
"As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it."
- Albert Einsteininspiring , motivational , Albert Einstein , knowledge , learning , wonder
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
- William Arthur Wardinspiring , William Arthur Ward , good , great , inspiration , leadership , learning , teacher
"Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much."
- Ralph Waldo Emersoninspiring , Ralph Waldo Emerson , adventure , enjoy , laughter , learning , life , life-wishes , live , love , positivity
"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."
- Henry Fordmotivational , Henry Ford , ability , experience , knowledge , learning , skill
"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit it's people. It is a never failing spring in the desert."
- Andrew Carnegieinspiring , miscellaneous , Andrew Carnegie , education , learning , reading-books , society
"You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them"
- Orison Swett Mardeninspiring , motivational , Orison Swett Marden , experience , failure , learning , mistakes
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest"
- Benjamin Franklininspiring , Benjamin Franklin , education , investment , knowledge , learning
"Anyone who keeps learning stays young"
- Henry Fordinspiring , Henry Ford , education , learning , young
"The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking."
- Henry Fordinspiring , Henry Ford , education , learning , mind , school , teacher , think
"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery."
- Anais Nin
"When students cheat on exams it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning."
- Neil deGrasse Tysonmiscellaneous , Neil deGrasse Tyson , education , learning , school
"All knowledge, therefore, secular or spiritual, is in the human mind. In many cases it is not discovered, but remains covered, and when the covering is being slowly taken off, we say, 'We are learning,' and the advance of knowledge is made by the advance of this process of uncovering. The man from whom this veil is being lifted is the more knowing man, the man upon whom it lies thick is ignorant, and the man from whom it has entirely gone is all-knowing, omniscient."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , inspiration , intuition , knowledge , learning , resistance , spirit-guides
"It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success."
- JK Rowlingmotivational , JK Rowling , ability , failure , learning , lessons , success
"Failure may be an unbelievable gift in disguise if you use it to make better decisions in the future."
- Tony Robbinsmotivational , Tony Robbins , decisions , experience , failure , growth , learning , lessons , mistakes
"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living."
- Roy T Bennettinspiring , Roy T Bennett , learning , lessons , letting-go , mistakes , moving-on , past
"Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you."
- Benjamin Franklininspiring , motivational , Benjamin Franklin , experience , failure , learning , lessons , mistakes , moving-on
"Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do."
- Bob Rossmotivational , Bob Ross , ability , learning , potential , practice , skill , sports , training
"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."
- Plutarchmotivational , Plutarch , experience , failure , future , learning , mistakes , self-improvement , wisdom , wise
"There are a thousand lessons in defeat."
- Confuciusinspiring , motivational , Confucius , defeat , failure , learning , lessons , mistakes , unputdownable
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
- Albert Einsteininspiring , Albert Einstein , learning , nature , study , understanding
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
- Ralph Waldo Emersonmotivational , Ralph Waldo Emerson , ability , learning , persistence , practice , skill , sports , workout-exercise
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom"
- Socratesinspiring , Socrates , intelligence , learning , wisdom , wonder
"It’s fine to celebrate success. But it’s better to heed the lessons of failure."
- Bill Gatesmotivational , Bill Gates , experience , failure , learning , lessons , success
"Wisdom is the daughter of experience."
- Leonardo da Vinciinspiring , Leonardo da Vinci , experience , learning , life , wisdom
"Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life."
- Thich Nhat Hanhinspiring , Thich Nhat Hanh , experience , knowledge , learning , lessons , life , truth
"The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end- you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river."
- Jiddu Krishnamurtispiritual , Jiddu Krishnamurti , clarity , education , knowledge , learning , limitless , self , self-realization , within-yourself
"There is indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage."
- Carl Van Vechteninspiring , Carl Van Vechten , animals , cats , learning , pet , teacher
"If a child enters your life, it is time to relearn the life that you have forgotten. That a child can laugh without reason, that he can jump around for no reason, that he can become an exuberant burst of aliveness - that's life."
- Sadhguruinspiring , Sadhguru , alive , children , enthusiasm , excited , joy , kids , laughter , learning , life , parenting , play
"When a child enters your life, it is time to learn. It is not the time to teach."
- Sadhguruinspiring , Sadhguru , children , kids , learning , lessons , life , parenting , teacher
"Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation."
- Ann Voskampmotivational , Ann Voskamp , fitness , learning , practice , sports , training , transformation , workout-exercise
"There is no greater education than one that is self-driven."
- Neil deGrasse Tysoninspiring , motivational , Neil deGrasse Tyson , education , knowledge , learning , lessons , practice , self-improvement , training
"There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you can never learn from, and such timidity will destroy you. The second kind comes from a bold and venturesome spirit. If you fail in this way, the hit that you take to your reputation is greatly outweighed by what you learn. Repeated failure will toughen your spirit and show you with absolute clarity how things must be done."
- Robert Greenemotivational , Robert Greene , failure , fear , learning , lessons , pride
"The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view."
- Jack Kerouacinspiring , Jack Kerouac , experience , journey , learning , lessons , life , perspective , teacher