Jaime Lerner Quotes

The IFP is here to put into practice what we preach.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another thing entirely to execute it.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

Many speeches can be heard throughout the world, but one always has to wait for deeds

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead.

Do more than believe: practice.

Theory is the practice of the impotent.

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

This is how a man looks when he's deciding that the risk of death is better than the risk of change.

An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

Ideas without action are worthless.

I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them.

Theory can leave questions unanswered, but practice has to come up with something.

We urgently need a paradigm shift in our concept of the purposes and practices of education. We need to leave behind the concept of education as a passport to more money and higher status in the future and replace it with a concept of education as an ongoing process that enlists the tremendous energies and creativity of schoolchildren in rebuilding and respiriting our communities and our cities now, in the present.

We place the highest value on actual implementation and taking action. There are many things one doesn’t understand and therefore, we ask them why don’t you just go ahead and take action, try to do something? You realize how little you know and you face your own failures and you simply can correct those failures and redo it again and at the second trial you realize another mistake or another thing you didn’t like so you can redo it once again. So by constant improvement, or, should I say, the improvement based upon action, one can rise to the higher level of practice and knowledge.