Ed Parker Quotes

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

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

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

It is glorious to become a learner again at my time of life.

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

What I'm proud of, we learned from our lessons.

It's insane to have won all those things - not possible. But what I love is learning, which never stops and is nothing to do with the medals you've won.

I always think there's something you can learn.

I love the term 'young actress' because it just means that I don't know everything yet, and I hope I never do. I won't. I won't ever know everything.

My personal growth stems from the humility with which I navigate the world, namely with a reverence for all of the knowledge that I've yet to learn but that is out there available to me.

No matter how much you know, you can always learn more and be a good listener.

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 am very open to learning. I am like a sponge: I'd like to soak up in new things, new skills.

I have learnt many things, but there's more to learn. Every day is a new start.

Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

They know enough who know how to learn.

I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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

What you come to discover is, it isn't how you get there, it's that you get there. If that's what it took to get me where I'm at today, so be it.