Culture of learning

10 Remarkable Learning Quotes From 10 Astonishing People

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We care a lot about learning here at LinkedIn — and we’re curious about who else shares our passion.

So, we searched for quotes about learning, and it turns out great minds — or in, in the case of these quotes, the GREATEST minds — think alike. The more we looked, the more we noticed that a fascination with learning seems to be something many all-time great thinkers had in common. After reading a few of these quotes, our own passion for learning only increased.

Then we asked ourselves, “Why be selfish?”, and decided to share with you the most inspiring learning quotes we tracked down. Without further ado, here are 10 quotes on learning from some of history’s brightest minds:

1. “Learning never exhausts the mind.” - Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

2. “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

3. “I am a woman in process. I’m just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.” - Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

4. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Albert Einstein

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

Doris Lessing

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

B.B. King

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

Simone Weil

9. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

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

Eartha Kitt

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