Here are 100+ quotes about learning classified into different categories:
Quotes on the Importance of Learning
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates (Ancient Greek philosopher)
- “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams (American first lady and political figure)
- “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin (American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers)
Quotes on the Process of Learning
- “I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” – Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist)
- “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb
- “We learn from failure, not from success!” – Bram Stoker (Irish author, best known for ‘Dracula’)
Quotes on Lifelong Learning
- “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi (Indian independence activist)
- “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” – Brian Herbert (American science fiction author)
- “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci (Italian polymath)
Quotes on Learning from Experience
- “Experience is the best teacher.” – Julius Caesar (Roman general and statesman)
- “The only source of knowledge is experience.” – Albert Einstein
- “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison (American inventor)
Quotes on Learning and Curiosity
- “Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” – William Arthur Ward (American writer)
- “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein
- “Learning is the kind of lamp which can never be dimmed through the endless ages.” – W. E. B. Du Bois (African American sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist)
Quotes on Learning and Self-Improvement
- “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss (American children’s author)
- “Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” – Jim Rohn (American entrepreneur and motivational speaker)
- “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill (British statesman)
Quotes on Learning and Adversity
- “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (German philosopher)
- “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” – Arthur Golden (American author, ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’)
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
Quotes on Learning and Creativity
- “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” – Steve Jobs (American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple)
- “The creative adult is the child who has survived.” – Ursula K. Le Guin (American author)
- “To create is to learn.” – John Dewey (American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer)
Quotes on Learning and Teaching
- “Those who can, do. Those who understand, teach.” – Aristotle (Ancient Greek philosopher)
- “The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.” – Edward Bulwer-Lytton (English novelist)
- “Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” – Colleen Wilcox (American educator)
Quotes on Learning and Wisdom
- “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein
- “The wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” – Baltasar Gracian (Spanish Jesuit priest and writer)
- “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” – Socrates
Quotes on Learning and Technology
- “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” – Bill Gates (American business magnate and co-founder of Microsoft)
- “The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” – Bill Clinton (Former President of the United States)
- “We are living in a world where the only constant is change, and technology is accelerating that change at an unprecedented pace. To succeed in this environment, we must be lifelong learners.” – Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft)
Quotes on Learning and Language
- “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” – Rita Mae Brown (American writer)
- “The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein (Austrian-British philosopher)
- “Learning a new language is like learning to fly. You have to be willing to fall a few times before you can soar.” – Unknown
Quotes on Learning and History
- “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana (Spanish-American philosopher)
- “History is a vast early warning system.” – Norman Cousins (American journalist and author)
- “History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.” – Cicero (Roman statesman and philosopher)
Quotes on Learning and Science
- “Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.” – Stephen Hawking (British theoretical physicist)
- “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…'” – Isaac Asimov (American writer and professor of biochemistry)
- “Science is the organized knowledge of human experience.” – Herbert Spencer (English philosopher and sociologist)
Literature
- “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
- Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!”
- “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
- “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
- Albert Einstein
- “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
- Benjamin Franklin
- “The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
- Albert Einstein
Movies
- “You’re never too old to learn something stupid.”
- The Intern (2015)
- “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”
- B.B. King, often quoted in educational contexts
- “Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
- The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Philosophy
- “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
- Socrates
- “Change is the end result of all true learning.”
- Leo Buscaglia
Science and Technology
- “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
- Stephen Hawking
- “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
- Benjamin Franklin
Personal Development
- “Learning never exhausts the mind.”
- Leonardo da Vinci
- “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”
- Anthony J. D’Angelo
- “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
- Plutarch
Historical Figures
- “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
- Winston Churchill
- “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
- Abigail Adams
Education
- “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
- Sydney J. Harris
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
- Nelson Mandela
- “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
- Aristotle
- “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
- John Dewey
Psychology
- “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
- Chinese Proverb
- “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
- Alvin Toffler
Inspirational
- “Learning is a journey, not a destination.”
- Anonymous
- “Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
- Colin Powell
- “The expert in anything was once a beginner.”
- Helen Hayes
Business and Leadership
- “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
- Henry Ford
- “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
- John F. Kennedy
- “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”
- Brian Tracy
Creativity and Innovation
- “Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
- Albert Einstein
- “Learning never exhausts the mind.”
- Leonardo da Vinci
Personal Growth
- “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”
- B.B. King
- “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”
- Richard Branson
- “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Culture and Society
- “In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
- Phil Collins
- “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.”
- John Holt
Wisdom
- “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
- Voltaire
- “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
- Confucius
Technology
- “Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation, and asking new questions are at its core.”
- Sugata Mitra