James A. Garfield Quotes

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

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

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.

I think that if you're a thinking person you should always be trying to learn something new.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

I love learning new techniques.

I need to learn every day.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.

I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.

I just really like learning. I have to keep using my brain; otherwise, I get depressed.

If you look at why people become wack as they get older, it's because they stop doing the things they did that were formative to their work. You can't mentally stay still. You can't not challenge yourself.

I was like, 'I want to start a blog to get my ideas out and keep my brain working so in five years I'm not an idiot.'

I like confusing people and challenging myself.

I believe you learn every day.

I like my mind being stimulated. I like discovering new concepts.

I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.

I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room.

Many adults, whether consciously or unconsciously, find it beneath their adult dignity to do anything as childish as read a book, think a thought, or get an idea. Adults are rarely embarrased at having forgotten what little algebra or geography they once learned

by thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.

If we've been a little more successful than other people, is because we always realised that the school of life was always open, and if you were not learning more you are falling behind.

If you are completely comfortable with your life, and feeling absolutely no anxiety, then you are probably coasting, and not really growing.

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.