Carter G. Woodson Quotes

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

All learning is in the learner, not in the teacher.

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.

School seemed unimportant, since I learned so much more on my own.

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

I am your original autodidact.

Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.

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 study for myself, my own games and others.

The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

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.

Educate yourself as much as you can with life. Just go out there.

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

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

Anyone can be self-educated if they find the loose end of something to care about passionately.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

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.

For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer.

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.

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.