In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.

Collaboration is important not just because it's a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.

I'm open for possibilities. I'm open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I'm always eager to learn. I'm never going to close my mind from learning.

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.

Cross-cultural learning and studying abroad can be transformative.

In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose. And then you prepare for the next one.

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.

One of my signature strengths is the love of learning, and by teaching, I have built it into the fabric of my life. I try to do some of it every day.

Intrinsic motivation is one of learning's most precious resources. It bolsters us to stick out the tough moments of a challenge and pursue what we love to do.

Being transgender is more than just medical books and everything, procedures. It's something spiritual in which you're finding yourself and really discovering who you are and learning to love yourself.

When I was learning to creep, my mother set me down on the beach to see what I thought of it. I crawled straight for the coming wave and was just through the wall of green when she caught my heels.

In some ways, being on the road is like summer camp. There's a camaraderie, but I'm also learning how to be more of a leader.

I just realized one day that I was so unhappy. And not only that, but I didn't even like the person that I was. I didn't even know who I was. And so 'Shatter Me' is about first discovering what was under the shell and then learning to love that person that was under it. And then not being afraid to break free.

For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.

It's something that is very comforting. Just the process of them moving throughout their stages of early childhood. Learning to walk, learning to talk. Reaching out for you for the first hug, telling you they love you.

Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests.

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

As I see it, whoever's doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun.

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

I think I've been able to find happiness, and I've learned to love myself. That's a huge accomplishment for anyone, learning to love yourself.

I am still learning.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

The French word for wanderlust or wandering is 'errance.' The etymology is the same as 'error.' So to wander is to make mistakes. In other words, to make mistakes, to make errors is sort of the idea of learning through trial and error, allowing the mistakes to be part of the process.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

There's no shortcut to learning a craft; you just have to put the years in.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember learning to sing 'Paper Doll,' the Mills Brothers song - this was during the war - and I remember my dad taking me down to one of those little record booths where you could make spoken letters to send home.

I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list.

The individualization of learning fundamentally redefines the role of assessment.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Teaching is the royal road to learning.