Matthew Henry Quotes

A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

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

Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorized

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

Education without execution is extinction

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make.

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

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

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

On Pragmatism: It's all very well in theory but it doesn't work in practice

Practical knowledge of what works and what doesn't work is much better. Theoretical knowledge is important, but I think practical knowledge works better.