Learn Through Quotations
Explore memorable ideas and discover useful English vocabulary in real context.
Quotations
Showing 1–24 of 46 quotations matching the selected filter
“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
“In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.”
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.”
“Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and more self confidence you will have.”
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”
“Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.”
“Time ripens all things. No man's born wise.”
“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
“Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
“Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.”
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”
“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more .”
“Adversity does teach who your real friends are.”
“Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.”
“Failure is success if we learn from it.”
“Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow.”
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
“Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.”
“The laws of nature are written deep in the folds and faults of the earth. By encouraging men to learn those laws one can lead them further to a knowledge of the author of all laws.”
“In youth we learn; in age we understand.”
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Learn beyond the quote
Read the central idea, explore the author and themes, and follow highlighted vocabulary directly into Edvaya's vocabulary library.