By Maxime Lagacé 
Maxime is the founder and chief editor of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm, peaceful and powerful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
Here are 100 of the best learning quotes I could find. Hope you’ll find inspiration and motivation to keep learning and growing (all your life!). You’ll discover quotes by Confucius, da Vinci, Einstein, and more. Enjoy!
When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou
Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster. Weston H. Agor
Failure and deprivation are the best educators and purifiers. Albert Einstein
If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost. Zig Ziglar
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese proverb
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. Willa Cather
Once you learn patience, your options suddenly expand. Robert Greene
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. Vernon Howard
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John Gardner
Life is trying things to see if they work. Ray Bradbury
Don’t make up your mind. “Knowing” is the end of learning. Naval Ravikant
The fear of coming up as a fool keeps you always a fool. Kunal (@CrazyPolymath)
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. Epictetus
Ease and abundance are for fools. Discomfort is for the wise. Maxime Lagacé
Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough. Alain de Botton
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The Best Learning Quotes
The doer alone learneth. Friedrich Nietzsche
One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil. Friedrich Nietzsche
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. Aristophanes
People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves. Paulo Coelho (Source)
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle (The Nicomachean Ethics)
The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate. Doug Larson
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Auguste Rodin
You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way. Marvin Minsky
Constantly look for challenges, pushing past your comfort zone. Robert Greene
Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield
You learn more feigning ignorance than signaling knowledgeability. Michael
If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn. Ray Bradbury
Humility is the doorway to truth and clarity of objectives… it’s the doorway to learning. Wynton Marsalis
Explain what you learned to someone else. Teaching forces learning. Naval Ravikant
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
Almost all Americans own a smartphone or a computer. Each device contains the library of Alexandria. The sum total of all world knowledge. You can learn anything. Why don’t you? Too busy tracking social status. Too enthralled by imagery your evolution can’t resist. @TheStoicEmperor
Life is an open book test. Learning how to learn is your most valuable skill in the online world. Marc Cuban
The goal of all learning is action, not knowledge. John C. Maxwell
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley
The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas – just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. Naval Ravikant
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. Eartha Kitt
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Bill Nye
Part 2. Learning Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Learning Quotes
Searching for a famous learning quote or author? Check out those ones by da Vinci, Einstein, Voltaire, Confucius, etc.
I never lose. I either win or learn. Nelson Mandela
Liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain. John F. Kennedy
The more you learn, the more you earn. Warren Buffett
The greatest learning for me usually happens in times of distress, pain, suffering. Oprah Winfrey
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. Phil Collins
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
Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind. Mahatma Gandhi
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. Mark Twain
The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education. Mark Twain
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Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. Buddha
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. Henry David Thoreau
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. George Santayana
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. Voltaire
With every mistake we must surely be learning. George Harrison (The Beatles)
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. B.B. King
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Albert Einstein
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. Richard Branson
I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Pablo Picasso
Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
Short Learning Quotes
One-liners, short learning quotes, thoughts, sayings, and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, and backgrounds.
When one teaches, two learn. Robert A. Heinlein
Belief gets in the way of learning. Robert A. Heinlein
“What did you learn” is always first and best question. Oprah Winfrey
Never stop learning. Never stop growing. Mel Robbins
Take what you learn and make a difference with it. Tony Robbins
Learn bits and pieces from everyone. Naval Ravikant
In youth we learn; in age we understand. Marie Ebner-Eschenbach
You can’t learn from anyone if you never stop talking. @TheStoicEmperor
Rejoice in what you learn, and spray it. Tim Minchin
The cost of failure is…learning. Neil Strauss
Unlearning is the highest form of learning. Boii McCoy
There is no learning without pain. Shane Parrish
If knowledge is a power, then learning is a superpower. Jim Kwik
If it’s easy, you’re not learning. Unknown
The key is to fail, learn, and improve quickly. Ray Dalio
Evolve or die. Ray Dalio
What we need to learn is in front of us. Paulo Coelho
To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert
Observe and absorb reality as deeply as possible. Robert Greene
I learn best by jumping into the unknown. Jesse Itzler
Let your past make you better, not bitter. Lewis Howes
To learn one must be humble. James Joyce (Ulysses)
He who laughs most, learns best. John Cleese
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment. Novalis
All learning has an emotional base. Plato
The greatest enemy of learning is knowing. John C. Maxwell
As long as you live, keep learning how to live. Seneca
Conclusion
Live, love, learn, leave a legacy. Stephen R. Covey
Once you have learned to ask questions – relevant and appropriate and substantial questions – you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know. Neil Postman (Teaching As a Subversive Activity, Amazon book)
Let’s recap:
- The best way to learn? Teach!
- Another great way to learn? Make mistakes.
- Failing is a gift. It’s an opportunity to learn something.
- Learning follows understanding.
- You can learn from:
- Your kids
- Your friends
- Your enemies
- Anything!
Further Readings
- Topic: Education
- 100 Education Quotes That Will Inspire You To Keep Growing
- 100 Book Quotes Every Book Lovers Will Love
- 12 habits and traits of quick learners (is this you?) (hackspirit.com)
- 65 Growth Mindset Quotes (To Improve Your Life)
- 75 Understanding Quotes To Bring Clarity Into Your Life
- 145 Thinking Quotes To Make You More Thoughtful
- 77 Intelligence Quotes (From The Best Minds Ever)
- How To Learn Faster (Based On Science)
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Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Learning Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Part 3
Conclusion