John D. Rockefeller Quotes

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth

I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.

No one ever said learning was to be easy, but it's part of the process of evolving as a human being, and we all have to go through it. When I look back, I see that each difficult time brought an important lesson. And I prefer to look at it with gratitude because I wouldn't be who I am today if I haven't gone through it all.

I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

Knowledge goes hand-in-hand with truth - something I learned with a bit of tough love from my Jesuit education first at Regis High School in New York City and then at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.

Continue to study and learn new skills.

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

God always wants us to be growing.

Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

It is glorious to become a learner again at my time of life.

I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time.

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.

The value of a good education has never left me.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

Always educate yourself.

Being a Christian has not and does not come naturally or easy for me. I take that to be a good thing because I am sure that to be a Christian requires training that lasts a lifetime.