Quotes

Words on learning,
traced to their source.

Short quotes about study, teaching and choosing a path. Each one names who said it and where, or says plainly when that cannot be confirmed.

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Quote of the day Curiosity
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
Richard Feynman Attributed
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"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
John Dewey Democracy and Education, 1916
Goes with: Spaced review
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"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
Oscar Wilde Quoted in Sherard, The Life of Oscar Wilde, 1906
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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
Albert Einstein Quoted in Calaprice, The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, 2011
Goes with: How GPA is calculated
Perseverance Attributed
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Confucius Original source not found
Goes with: Planning your study week
Perseverance Attributed
"Nothing will work unless you do."
Maya Angelou Original source not found
Goes with: Spaced review
Curiosity Attributed
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
Richard Feynman Original source not found
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"Teaching is the highest form of understanding."
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, c.350 BC
Goes with: How credits work
Teaching Attributed
"If you truly understand something, you can explain it to anyone."
Reuven Feuerstein Original source not found
Goes with: Preparing for exams
Exams and setbacks Source checked
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all."
J. K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
Goes with: Preparing for exams
Exams and setbacks Attributed
"I never lose. I either win or I learn."
Nelson Mandela Original source not found
Goes with: Preparing for exams
Choosing a path Source checked
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost The Road Not Taken, 1916
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"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable."
Seneca Letters to Lucilius, c.65 AD

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