Sarah Dessen Quotes

I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow as a human being after reading them.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

Every time you do a project, you learn something new.

I look at every book as a new learning opportunity.

The way is in training.

Another thing that I like and that's fun for me is to try and talk and play music at the same time, because I feel like I'm learning something. There are these little challenges built into it; it's a way to push myself a little bit more as a performer.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.

Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?

Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.

There are some things you can give another person, and some things you cannot give him, except as he is willing to reach out and take them, and pay the price of making them a part of himself. This principle applies to studying, to developing talents, to absorbing knowledge, to acquiring skills, and to the learning of all the lessons of life.

Every new skill you learn, every adventure you go on, every new thing you try, it only makes you a better artist.

The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always an easy book to write.

Unless you're a true prodigy, you're going to have to practice for a while being bad before you get any good. And it will seem like a waste of time. I remember that feeling well. But don't worry about wasting time, because it'll be so worth it. It's my experience that in the end, life lessons and guitar lessons begin to blur in all sorts of interesting ways.

To get to where you want to be in the next 5 years, you are either reading the right books or you're not

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

I love when people write about something, I learn what I'm doing through the eyes of a good critic, positive or negative. It's still a learning experience.

Judicious books enlarge the mind and improve the heart.

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

Learning from experience and learning from education, both are important. Your education & values decide how you learn from your experiences.

I really enjoy auditions anyway because I think that even if you come out of them, and you go in once and it never goes anywhere, there is something that you bring out of it or a note that will come back to your agent and that's the way you learn.

The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.