John Quincy Adams Quotes

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind.

Always educate yourself.

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

I think once you stop learning, you're going to stop growing.

How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.

I'm learning all the time." "Well, you're a scholar.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

You only stop learning when you quit.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.

Take advantage of educating yourself.

I'm learning all the time. I'm evolving all the time as a human being. I'm getting better, I hope, in all of the important ways.

I need to learn every day.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.