Lifelong Learning Quotes

• Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

  Confucius

  Motivational, Work, Inspiration

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• Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Learning

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• Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Success, Education

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.44, Princeton University Press

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• Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

  Isaac Asimov

  Inspirational, Trust, Education

  Isaac Asimov (1975). “Science Past, Science Future”, Doubleday Books

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• Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Education

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2003). “Krishnamurti on Education”, p.57, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

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• The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

  B. B. King

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The Charlotte Observer", p. 2D, October 5, 1997.

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• Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

  John Dewey

  Life, Inspiring, Education

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• Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group

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  Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

  Abigail Adams

  Inspirational, Education, Perseverance

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• A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Commitment, Expression, Practice

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• Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Birthday

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  Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

  Xunzi

  Inspiring, Leadership, Teacher

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• Change is the end result of all true learning.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Leo F. Buscaglia (1972). “Love”, Fawcett

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• Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

  William Butler Yeats

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "Gov. Brown Uses State of the State Speech to Push Education Reforms" by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, www.scpr.org. January 24, 2013.

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• The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Inspirational, Education, Travel

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• We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

  Peter Drucker

  Change, Teacher, Educational

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• Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

  "Deming: The Way We Knew Him". Book by Frank Voehl, February 28, 1995.

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• Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.

  Jay Samit

  Luxury, Employment, Lifelong

  Jay Samit (2015). “Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation”, p.64, Macmillan

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• Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Funny, Education, Teacher

  "A Case of Hypochondria". Newsweek, July 6, 1970.

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• There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Adventure, Curiosity, Care

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

  Mortimer Adler

  Inspirational, Positive, Teaching

  "The Leisure Alternatives Catalog: Food for Mind & Body". Book by Joseph Allen, 1979.

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• One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

  John W. Gardner

  Failure, Reading, Learning

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