John Templeton Quotes

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

Every day is an opportunity for me to learn - that's how I've approached life.

For an artiste to grow, for a person to grow, you have to learn. A learner cannot afford to have an ego. Learning can never stop. If it does, then it is death.

I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything.

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

The ego encourages you to constantly prove yourself and what you already know. When you are in the presence of someone you feel the need to impress, the ego's automatic response is 'I know.' The moment you say 'I know,' you are demonstrating that you don't know. You can learn something valuable from everyone, in every situation.

Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; But you with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last.

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.

I am still learning.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.

One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.

And again, hast thou valued Patience, Courage, Perseverance, Openness to light; readiness to own thyself mistaken, to do better next time

I still feel like I'm learning a lot and have a lot to learn and improve on.

The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.