Declan Rice Quotes

I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

I am your original autodidact.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

I have to teach myself. I kind of wish I'd continued with my education, but that's something I can do in the future.

I like doing scholarship for its own sake.

Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves.

I had no training in research as such, and as a consequence, I am, in a sense, self-taught.

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own.

I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

I have spent my whole life educating myself.

I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity.

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

I like to learn on my own.