John Gray Quotes

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

Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.

What you learn is more important than what you earn.

As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

There is no time to cease learning. Only after you have closed the lid on the coffin does learning cease.

If you seek learning, it meets you somewhere down the road.

I wouldn't be who I am and where I am today if it wasn't for years of education.

Education is such an important tool for success, and probably the most important one.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

Education is an admirable thing.

Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.

Learning is better worth than houses or land.

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.

Books are what you step on to take you to a higher shelf. The higher your stack of books, the higher the shelf you can reach. Want to reach higher? Stack some more books under your feet! Reading is what brings us to new knowledge. It opens new doors. It helps us understand mysteries. It lets us hear from successful people. Reading is what takes us down the road in our journey. Everything you need for a better future and success has already been written.

Knowledge is more a matter of learning than of the exercise of absolute judgment. Learning requires time, and in time the situation dealt with, as well as the learner, undergoes change.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.

As countries get rich they start increasing education and the very educated people tend to not like trial and error, because they think they're obligated to use the body of knowledge they have.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere

In acquiring knowledge there is no law that applies to the white boy that does not apply to the black boy. They all have to travel the same road to reach the same end….A man that desires to be wise must study, whether he be black or white.

Education is more valuable than money. Money can be taken away from you. Education cannot be.

I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.