Robert Baden-Powell Quotes

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

I like to learn on my own.

Only the autodidacts are free.

Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.

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.

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

Education is something that other people do to you. Learning is something you do for yourself.

I was always my own teacher.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

I think a lot of people have grown up with the idea that they can't learn things themselves. They think they need an institution to provide them with knowledge and teach them how to do things. I couldn't disagree more.

I discover a lot of things on my own.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

I think self-education is the greatest and best thing you could ever make.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

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

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

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

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

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.

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.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

My parents would say to me, 'You can teach yourself anything better than someone else can teach it to you.' That was the whole ethos of my family.

Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.