Life Long Learning Quotes

“The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.”
― Tove Jansson, Fair Play

“The patterns are simple, but followed together, they make for a whole that is wiser than the sum of its parts. Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down, but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies; frequent coffeehouses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle; reinvent. Build a tangled bank.”
― Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

“When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt what they’re doing. If they’re not right, if you really have conviction that they’re not right, you need to have that long-term willingness to be misunderstood. It’s a key part of invention.”
― Jeff Bezos

“There is nothing better in life than commitment to personal development and lifelong learning.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Life is learning process. We must keep learning.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The young must learn to appreciate the wisdom of elderly people and learn from their life experiences.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Believe is confident hope.
Hope is faith.
Faith is timeless possibility.
Possibility is spiritual.
Spiritual is divine”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“There’s little growth and progression without learning and reflection”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Live BOLDLY! ......because no one ever told you healing is a life long process.”
― Kierra C.T. Banks

“Life-long learning is the modus of keeping your brain…your thoughts…your ideas…engaged in a quest for knowledge that enriches and expands the mind with a constant thirst for wisdom.”
― Wes Adamson, Imagination By Moonlight: living life boldly and successfully

“Learning is not filling up a box but seeing and imagining what we can create with it.”
― Jill Telford

“A leader who is through learning is through.”
― John Wooden

“Learn as if you might live forever and you'll live as if you might die tomorrow.”
― Steve Goodier

“Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.”
― Gza

“It takes reading hundreds of books to get a degree and start a journey to build our career, and we do not complain. How many books have you read so far to improve your relationship and rescue your marriage? Start today, it's not too late; it's part of being life-long learner.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“You can only learn to read by reading.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Creativity is curiosity.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“It’s nothing short of astonishing, all that we learn between the time we are born and the time we die. Of course most of the learning takes place not in a classroom or a library, but in the laboratory of our own lives.”
― Anna Quindlen, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

“A questo mondo esiste uno studio del tutto diverso da quello che si fa a scuola. [...] Non consiste nel fornire la risposta che ci è stata insegnata, o nel rivaleggiare con gli altri per essere migliore, ma nell'afferrare le risposte scoprendole da sé, a una a una. Consiste nel creare la strada per la nostra crescita così come siamo, a modo nostro. Scoprire. Continuare a scoprire per tutta la vita la propria crescita. L'apprendimento è crescere se stessi in questo.”
― Noriko Morishita, Every Day a Good Day: Fifteen lessons I learned about happiness from Japanese tea culture

“Education is a life-long process that involves not only formal schooling, but a continual quest to learn and understand what's happening in the world. It is driven by curiosity and a desire to know truth and acquire wisdom.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis

“Listen with intent to learn”
― Cindy Ann Peterson, The Power of Civility: Top Experts Reveal the Secrets to Social Capital

“Cope with my problems and brutally face them the way they are!
When I have a problem, get it right, get it fast, get it out and get it over…
Gather all the information needed and make sure it is right.

State clearly that I do not know all the facts. Then promptly state the facts I do know. My objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over.
SEE, MY PROBLEMS WON'T IMPROVE WITH AGE!!!

Sometimes things don't go the way we believe they will. The solution is to face it and act. Charlie: "We've done a lot of that - scrambled out of wrong decisions. I would argue that that's a big part of having a reasonable record in life. You can't avoid wrong decisions. But if you recognize them promptly and do something about them, you can frequently turn the lemon into lemonade.”
― Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger

“School authority convinces the average youth that education can only be attained in an enclosed room, but the learned knows that traveling itself is part of education.”
― John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“The digital age demands creative and critical problem solvers, effective communicators, and nimble lifelong learners and leaders.”
― Evalyne Kemuma

“Many ordinary and extraordinary people have made fantastic changes in their lives by keeping
themselves open to learning.”
― Barbara Oakley, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

“The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do the right thing wronger than the wrong thing righter. If you do the right thing wrong and correct it, you get better.”
― Russell L. Ackoff