176 Learning Quotes & Sayings To Expand Your Mind

With lifelong learning, our education never stops and continues to help us improve, as shown in these learning quotes.

Learning is a very fundamental skill.

To improve our lives, we must attempt to learn and take action on the right things to improve ourselves.

We must learn if we’re going to experience growth or personal development, and reading these quotes is a great way to do that.

Besides learning new things:

• keeps our brains active and healthy
• helps preserve our mental functions
• boosts our confidence, happiness, and motivation

That said, the learning process isn’t always easy.

Sometimes, it’s difficult and even uncomfortable to learn new things.

Because learning anything requires a lot of commitment, a little motivation can go a long way.

In that regard, here are some motivational lifelong learning quotes to inspire you in your pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.

Learning Quotes and Sayings on Expanding Your Mind

Learning does not have an age limit. Choosing to be a lifelong learner is a mindset. 

1. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi

2. “Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin

3. “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” — Brad Henry

4. “A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.” — Chinese Proverb

5. “Learning never exhausts the mind.”  — Leonardo da Vinci

6. “A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.” — Lillian Gish

7. “He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” — Confucius

8. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” — Richard Branson

9. “Every student can learn, just not on the same day or the same way.” — George Evans

10. “Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” — Mark Twain

Learning quotes to inspire you never to stop acquiring knowledge

Some people see challenges and roadblocks and think of reasons to quit. 

Other people see those same potential impediments as opportunities to learn something new.

11. “Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.” ― Aristotle

12. “Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.” — Jim Rohn

13. “Learning is a matter of gathering knowledge; wisdom is applying that knowledge.” — Roopleen

14. “It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.” — Henry David Thoreau

15. “I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.” — Eartha Kitt

16. “It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” — Albert Einstein

17. “You live and learn. At any rate, you live.” ― Douglas Adams

18. “Being a student is easy. Learning requires actual work.” — William Crawford

19. “In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” ― Phil Collins

20. “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein

Learning quotes about the importance of education

Authentic learning is fun and exciting. 

We have the most potential to learn while living in our joy. 

21. “If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.” — Howard Gardner

22. “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” — Herbert Spencer

23. “Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” ― Anton Chekhov

24. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” — Carl Rogers

25. “You cannot open a book without learning something.” ― Confucius

26. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin

27. “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” ― B.B. King

28. “The only things you learn are the things you tame” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

29. “Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.” —Benjamin Franklin

30. “Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.” — Daniel Boorstin

Learning quotes to inspire you on your success journey

As we mature, we learn new aspects of what we think we know. 

Lifetime learning means lifetime growth. 

31. “That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” ― Doris Lessing

32. “Children want to learn to the degree that they are unable to distinguish learning from fun. They keep this attitude until we adults convince them that learning is not fun.” — Glenn Doman

33. “A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.” ― Sophocles

34. “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” — William Pollard

35. “If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.” ― Earl Nightingale

36. “Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.” ― Terry Goodkind

37. “Learning is the beginning of wealth; learning is the beginning of health; learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” — Jim Rohn

38. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss

39. “I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.” ― Joe Abercrombie

40. “Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” ― Abigail Adams

Learning quotes to open your mind

It is unwise to think we will learn everything we need to know during any phase of our lives. 

41. “Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.” — Rabindranath Tagore

42. “I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.” — Lou Holtz

43. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”  ― John F. Kennedy

44. “Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.” — Novalis

45. “It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” — Claude Bernard

46. “All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” — Martin Fisher

47. “I never learned from a man who agreed with me.” — Robert A. Heinlein

48. “The world is a university, and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning, you go to school.” ― T. D. Jakes

49. “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” ― Malcolm X

50. “Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.” ― Brigham Young

Other inspirational learning quotes

Learning can start in a classroom, but our education extends further after graduation. 

51. “Learn continually – there’s always  ‘one more thing’ to learn!” — Steve Jobs

52. “Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.” — Dale Carnegie

53. “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” — Sarah Caldwell

54. “Learning is a lifetime process, but there comes a time when we must stop adding and start updating.” — Robert Breault

55. “Each day learn something new, and just as important, relearn something old.” — Robert Breault

56. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.” — Thomas S. Monson

57. “Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.” — Vernon Howard

58. “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” — Bruce Lee

59. “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.” — Confucius

60. “You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.” — Christopher Nolan

Learning quotes to fuel you on this lifelong quest

What is relevant today can be obsolete in a year or two, making our constant evolution essential. 

61. “I am still learning.” — Michelangelo

62. “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” — John Wooden

63. “Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.” — Euripides

64. “In youth we learn; in age we understand.” — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

65. “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” — Winston Churchill

66. “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” — Thomas Huxley

67. “I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.” — Galileo Galilei

68. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” — Pablo Picasso

69. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” — Albert Einstein

70. “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” —  William S. Burroughs

Learning quotes about the importance of the people around us

There is so much we can learn from those around us if only we take the time to ask the right questions and soak it all in.

71. “To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.” — Bruce Lee

72. “I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

73. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

74. “Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.” — Ellen Pompeo

75. “We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” — Sam Keen

76. “The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

77. “We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.” — Marcia Fudge

78. “People desire to separate their worlds into polarities of dark and light, ugly and beautiful, good and evil, right and wrong, inside and outside. Polarities serve us in our learning and growth, but as souls, we are all.” — Joy Page

79. “Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.” — Alice Miller

80. “Treat everyone with the same respect that you want to be treated with… It’s going to take multiple people getting out, learning who each other are and loving each other no matter what their political views or what their background is.” — George Hill

Inspirational Learning Quotes So You Never Stop 

To stay relevant and grow with the times, we must upskill, reskill and master a variety of new soft skills. 

81. “Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it” ― Confucius

82. “The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.” ― Roger Bacon

83. “Liz, you must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert

84. “With too much pride, a man cannot learn anything. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.” ― Criss Jami

85. “Learning is by nature curiosity… prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained.” ― Philo

86. “Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.” ― Paulo Coelho

87. “…it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matter.” ― Norton Juster

88. “We need to learn what we need to learn, know what we need to know, and do what we need to do.” ― Thomas S. Monson

89. “Always hear others out and remain open-minded; the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.” ― A.J. Darkholme

90. “To be a learner, you’ve got to be willing to be a fool.” ― George Leonard

Learning Quotes To Make You Knowledgeable and Wise

Studies have found that lifelong learning prevents isolation, reduces stress, and improves memory as we age. 

91. “Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” — Og Mandino

92. “To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been.” — Chester Barnard

93. “Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” — T. H. White

94. “We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.” — Malcolm Gladwell

95. “The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.” — Antisthenes

96. “In order to learn, one must change one’s mind.” — Orson Scott Card

97. “It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.” — Charles Caleb Colton

98. “They know enough who know how to learn.” — Henry Adams

99. “It’s okay to learn from every experience, and it’s okay to make mistakes.” — Louise Hay

100. “Failure is success if we learn from it.” — Malcolm Forbes

Learning Quotes and Sayings for Self Awareness

If we want to stay confident, feel healthy, remain present and fulfill our potential, we must engage in lifelong learning. 

101. “Learning allows for more wisdom and knowledge. Additional knowledge about any situation increases the strength of an opinion.” — Faye Horton

102. “Meditation is about learning to simply be present with whatever arises in our mind and awareness.” — Michael Smith

103. “If learning is like a sponge, don’t ever stop soaking it up. Never stop learning.” — Catherine Pulsifer

104. “Learning is what got us this far and what will take us wherever we’re going.” — John Penberthy

105. “Become more resilient by learning to focus on solutions rather than problems.” — Byron Pulsifer

106. “Anytime you learn, you gain.” — Bob Ross

107. “Just like your body needs exercise, so does your brain! You’re never too old to grow and learn something new.” — Robyn L. Gobin

108. “Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.” — Denis Waitley

109. “When one starts learning, he opens doors to a new world full of hope and promise.” — M. K. Soni

110. “You can become better tomorrow than you are today, but it requires letting go of your past and learning from success and failure.” — Steve Gilliland

Learning Quotes and Sayings To Acquire Life Lessons

Life is full of teaching moments as we work through the natural challenges we encounter and overcome.

111. “We think too much about effective methods of teaching and not enough about effective methods of learning.” ― John Carolus

112. “The essence of learning is the ability to manage change by changing yourself.” ― Arie de Geus

113. “To learn is no easy matter and to apply what one has learned is even harder.” ― Mao Tse-Tung

114. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” ― Anthony J.D’Angelo

115. “It is through suffering that learning comes.” ― Aeschylus

116. “We learn from failure, not from success!” ― Bram Stoker

117. “I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large so that there is room for paradoxes.” ― Maxine Hong Kingston

118. “A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we’re loved.” ― Fred Rogers

119. “If you can’t learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.” ― Ashleigh Brilliant

120. “Change is the end result of all true learning.” ― Leo Buscaglia

Learning Quotes and Sayings To Acquire Knowledge

We learn as much or more through failure than we do for success, so keep going and keep growing.

121. “Learn as much as you can while you are young since life becomes too busy later.” ― Dana Scott

122. “Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” ― Arthur Koestler

123. “Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

124. “The overwhelming number of teachers …are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.” ― Alfie Kohn

125. “Quality in education is what makes learning a pleasure and a joy.” ― Myron Tribus

126. “When I learn something new – and it happens every day – I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.” ― Bill Moyers

127. “The ability to learn faster than competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” ― Arie de Geus

128. “You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.” ― Howard Gardner

129. Keep learning; don’t be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume that you can learn something from someone else.” ― Jack Welch

130. “The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.” ― Simone Weil

What is the Best Quote for Learning?

Reading these quotes will help you on your journey to lifelong learning.

131. “Who so neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future.” — Euripides

132. “What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end, there are no certain answers.” — Martina Horner

133. “Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.” — Jim Rohn

134. “The greatest enemy of learning is knowing.” — John Maxwell

135. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates

136. “Learning is a matter of intensity, not elapsed time.” — Tom Peters

137. “The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.” — Mortimer Adler

138. “Through learning, we re-create ourselves. Through learning, we become able to do something we were never able to do.” — Peter Senge

139. “Be quick to learn and wise to know.” — George Burns

140. “Learning stamps you with its moments. Childhood’s learning is made up of moments. It isn’t steady. It’s a pulse.” — Eudora Welty

What is a Love of Learning Quote?

Soak in the wisdom from these quotes about learning.

141. “We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

142. “He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.” — Solon

143. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and to let it come in.” — Morrie Schwartz

144. “In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don’t make mistakes.” — Robert Kiyosaki

145. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say say, then learn how to do it later!” — Richard Branson

146. “The strength of character and emotional intelligence to face your failures and learn from them are at the core of success.” — Robert Kiyosaki

147. “The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.” — David Ausubel

148. “Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning, and precision are essential for starting points.” — Percival Lowell

149. “The awesome thing about failure is that it is only temporary. Embrace it, learn the lesson and come back blazing.” — Joel Brown

150. “If you truly want to become a better you, it is imperative that you learn to feel good about yourself.” — Joel Osteen

Learning Quotes and Sayings to Learn From

You can never acquire too much wisdom, so keep on reading and taking in these wise words.

111. “Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.” ― Criss Jami

112. “Learn from history, or you’re doomed to repeat it.” ― Jesse Ventura

113. “At Learning’s fountain it is sweet to drink, But ’tis a nobler privilege to think.” ― John Godfrey Saxe

114. “… the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.” ― Julius Lester

115. “Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.” ― George Iles

116. “Failed efforts are there for you to examine and learn from.” ― Kelli Wilson

117. “Learning never stops till the very end of life’s existence from whoever and at whatever time or situations. ” ― Santosh Kalwar

118. “In my school, he thought, they learn bitterness and frustration and how to grow old.” ― Graham Greene

119. “The deepest learning directs your thinking. The deepest thinking directs your learning.” ― J. Earp

120. “Open the book and read it to renew your mind.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

What is a Short Quote for Learning?

These short quotes will stick with you easily and keep you on track for lifelong learning.

121. “Every day we can learn something new.”― Lailah Gifty Akita

122. “Grown ups’ could learn a lesson from watching cartoons.” ― James Jean-Pierre

123. “You must build castles in the air. How else will you learn to build?” ― Haresh Sippy 

124. “History is an excellent teacher with few pupils.” ― Will & Ariel Durant

125. “Children learn to speak Male or Female the way they learn to speak English or French.”― Jeffrey Eugenides

126. “Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.” ― Rosabeth Moss Kantor

127. “I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.” ― Simeon Kondev

128. “The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.” ― Beryl Smalley

129. “90% of learning comes through encouragement.” ― Kevin Thoman

130. “The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.” ― Don Herold

Learning Quotes to Ignite Curiosity

Staying curious can help spark your interest in continuing to gain new information throughout life.

131. “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” ― Brian Herbert

132. “Best way to learn is by reflecting and emulating.” ― Debasish Mridha

133. “Deal with people from whom you can learn.” ― Baltasar Gracián

134. “Learning is essential for living the life you love.” ― A.D. Posey

135. “New learning never hurt anybody.” ― Tamora Pierce

136. “Teaching comes through the head; learning happens through the heart.” ― Osho

137. “I believe that if you can’t agree with how they think, then it’s better to learn from their difference.” ― Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

138. “Love and learning are similar in that they can never be wasted.” ― Hope Jahren

139. “Learning is the ecstasy of life which keeps our hearts young and our minds sharp.” ― Debasish Mridha

140. “If you want to know the secret of life, learn with enthusiasm and love with all of your heart.” ― Debasish Mridha

Exploring the Teachings of Great Minds Through Learning Quotes

Enjoy these words of encouragement from others throughout the world.

141. “View every obstacle as a learning post.” ― Azim Jamal

142. “Awareness is learning implemented.” ― Tasneem Hameed

143. “A person is the product of his learning. What he learns and how he interprets it is what he becomes.” ― Debasish Mridha

144. “Travel means a lot of learning experience to me.” ― Kunal Karan Kapoor

145. “Learning is experiential! The more I experience, the more I learn. I love this interdependent process!” ― Hira Shahid Kazim

146. “There are strategies to score or to be ahead, but there is one strategy to learn, which is curiosity.” ― Ronald Tudu

147. “An adaptive mind has better learning capability.” ― Pearl Zhu

148. “When you learn something new, the structure of your brain changes.” ― Pearl Zhu

149. “Learning is the way to keep your mind flowing, and hence your life flowing.” ― Pearl Zhu

Famous inspirational lifelong learning quotes about passion

The following have a lot of wisdom to share in the area of learning and developing throughout life.

150. “Sometimes you win, and sometimes you learn.” ― Robert T. Kiyosaki

151. “Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them.” ― Confucius

152. “We usually learn from debates that we seldom learn from debates.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

153. “The more you learn, the more you know, you don’t know enough.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

154. “If we are put here on this earth for our learning, then it’s safe to say that life is a school and there are going to be tests.” ― Kayko Tamaki

155. “Discover. Read. Learn.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

156. “I still can remember some of the poems and proverbs, I learnt in my childhood.” ― Laillah Gifty Akita

157. “Learn from the ants- how a tiny heart is big enough to love, help and care about another living existence.” ― Munia Khan

158. “Wisdom is learning what to overlook.” ― William James

159. “You can learn at any age.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

160. “you better learn how to learn better…” ― Sajed Bloodkick

Lifelong Learning Quotes For Knowledge Seekers

Never stop learning with the following quotes.

161. “Each day presents an opportunity for learning.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

162. “The education of a man is never completed until he dies.” ― Robert E. Lee

163. “In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.” — Isaac Asimov

164. “Learning new skills is one way we can rewrite the story of our lives.” ― Thatcher Wine

165. “The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.” —  Henry S. Haskins

166. “You’ll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.” ― Julia Child

167. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― William Butler Yeats

168. “That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” — Doris Lessing

169. “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.” — Robert Frost

170. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ― Henry Ford

The Importance of Lifelong Learning Quotes

Don’t fall for the trap that you can quit learning once you’re out of school.

171. “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”  —  Brian Tracy

172. “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.” ― L. Frank Baum

173. “It’s essential to keep moving, learning, and evolving for as long as you’re here, and this world keeps spinning” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

174. “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

175. “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.” ― Brian Tracy

176. “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

Which are your favorite learning quotes?

Although many people want to improve their lives, only a few will learn and take the correct actions to improve their lives.

Hopefully, these learning quotes have inspired you to seek knowledge and take fearless action that will drive you toward success in all aspects of your life.

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