One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
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.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.
A man who cannot think is not an educated man however many college degrees he may have acquired.
An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.
A man's real education begins after he has left school. True education is gained through the discipline of life.
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.
Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.
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