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Learning Quotes by Frank Smith
- The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay…
- Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club -the community of…
- We are learning all the time - about the world and about ourselves. We learn without knowing that we are learning and we learn without…
- Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly can't learn anything…
- It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest part of the…
- It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction. Children work very hard in…
- Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating and boring, and…
More Learning Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. — Fred Astaire
- Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Marcus Aurelius
- He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and… — Aeschylus