John Dewey Quotes


Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.


Citations

Dewey, John. How We Think. D. C. Heath & Co., 1910, p. 114.

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John Dewey
John Dewey
  • Born: October 20, 1859
  • Died: June 1, 1952
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Philosopher

John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.