L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Learning gives you knowledge and knowledge gives you the yearning for more. Never stop learning because life teaches us in a daily basis.”
“Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.”
“Learning happens when someone wants to learn, not when someone wants to teach.”
“Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture.”
“Learning has been as great a Loser by being shut up in Colleges and Cells, and secluded from the World and good Company. By that Means, every Thing of what we call Belles Lettres became totally barbarous, being cultivated by Men without any Taste of Life or Manners, and without that Liberty and Facility of Thought and Expression, which can only be acquir'd by Conversation.”
Source: Essays Moral, Political, and Literary
“Learning has replaced control as the fundamental role of management.”
“Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing.”
Source: The Culture of Make Believe
“Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.”
Source: The Holy State and the Profane State
“Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust.”
Source: Bacon's Essays: Top Essays
“Learning history is easy; learning its lessons seems almost impossibly difficult.”
Source: A Choice of Ornaments
“Learning how cryptocurrency works is like learning a new language. It is incredibly difficult at the beginning, but once it clicks it will stick with you forever.”
“Learning how not to do things is as hard as learning how to do them. Harder, maybe. There'd be a sight more frogs in this world if I didn't know how not to turn people into them. And big pink balloons, too.”
Source: A Hat Full of Sky
“Learning how to access a continuity of common sense can be one of your most efficient accomplishments in this decade. Can you imagine "common sense" surpassing science and technology in the quest to unravel the human stress mess? In time, society will have a new measure for confirming truth. It's inside the people-not at the mercy of current scientific methodology. Let scientists facilitate discovery, but not invent your inner truth.”
“Learning how to balance the needs of individuals with the no-less-real needs of an institution was an important lesson. It's fine to be on the side of the little guy, but he too will ultimately suffer if the health and concerns of the greater body he belongs to are neglected.”
Source: My Beloved World
“Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.”
“Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control.”
“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“Learning how to become better communicators and better listeners will help us enter this new age of the experience economy and walk, talk and grow with civility as our foundation.”
Source: The Power of Civility: Top Experts Reveal the Secrets to Social Capital
“Learning how to breathe calmly and remaining in a state of relative physical relaxation, even while accessing painful and horrifying memories, is an essential tool for recovery (209)”
Source: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
“Learning how to catch fish is intelligence; learning how to rear them is wisdom.”
“Learning how to code and program computers when I was a kid was one of the best choices I made growing up. By writing code, I learned how to bring my dreams to life, how to budget, and how to build stuff. Whatever path you choose in life - being an artist, an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a politician, you will give yourself a huge leg up if you learn how to code.”
“Learning how to communicate with animals is just like learning any other language. The more you practice, the better you become.”
“Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things... people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.”
“Learning how to detach, in a healthy manner, will save you from a lot of things that don’t even align with your journey.”
“Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live.”
“Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of your mouth, exhausting you and filling the world with words, words, words instead of serenity, peace and bliss.”
Source: The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims
“Learning how to do some of the technical work on the film can be helpful too and allows you to start the film on your own. However, if you are passionate about an idea, just begin.”
“Learning how to eat better - which is quite different from going on a diet - is within anyone’s grasp.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.”
“Learning how to fight properly and deciding what to fight about are two of the secrets to a successful marriage. It usually comes down to the "line of respect" one way or the other.”
Source: Life on the Edge: A Young Adult's Guide to a Meaningful Future
“Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.”
“Learning how to get in tune with your field of energy and understand how to create your energy, expand that energy, and move that energy through your body. Coming back to your center, and approaching life from that center-to-line place... That to me gave me strength and understanding and hopefully wisdom to solve life's problems and challenges.”
“Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.”
“Learning how to interact with customers is something that anyone starting any business must master. It's an amazing opportunity to be able to learn the ropes at an established company and then employ your expertise at your own company.”
“Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.”
“Learning how to learn is a lifelong process.”
“Learning how to learn is all about the preliminary work of clearing the undergrowth, deadwood and detritus, and tilling the soil; preparing the ground for future growth, like a good gardener or farmer.”
Source: The Imaginal Veil
“Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.”
“Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.”
“Learning how to listen to others and how to listen to your own thoughts is the ultimate process.”
“Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.”
Source: Twelve steps and twelve traditions
“Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.”
“Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do yoga, or even meditate, but learning to love. Love is the truth. Love is the light.”
“Learning how to love your neighbor requires a willingness to draw on the strength of Jesus Christ as you die to self and live for Him. Living in this manner allows you to practice biblical love for others in spite of adverse circumstances or your feelings to the contrary.”
“Learning how to make decisions in the best possible way and learning to have the courage to make them comes from a) going after what you want, b) failing and reflecting well through radical open-mindedness, and c) changing/evolving to become ever more capable and less fearful. In the final chapter of this section, Learn How to Make Decisions Effectively, I shared some more granular principles for how to do all of the above and weigh your options in specific situations to determine the right path to follow.”
Source: Principles: Life and Work
“Learning how to make your own fun and discover things on your own is something that is applicable to any job, any relationship, any trip, any adventure in life.”
“Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.”
“Learning how to record has been super empowering for me, because I spent so many years going into the studio and watching other people do it. I guess a lot of musicians have gone through this because now recording is really available for everybody.”
“Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.”
“Learning how to respond to and master the process of change - and even to excel at it - is a critical leadership skill for the twenty-first century. Constant, rapid change will be a fact of life for all of us.”
Source: Thinking In The Future Tense