Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

I grow old learning something new every day.

Every five years, I decide to learn something new.

Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.

You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.

The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.

I've never stopped learning.

My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again.

As long as I'm learning every day of my life, I will never feel old. Never. And I don't feel old; I feel in my head and in my heart - I don't know, ageless!

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.

Today I still feel like the most illiterate person ever to have roamed the campuses of Wellesley and Harvard, where I later transferred. I remain intimidated by all the books I haven't read, but over the years I've come to realize that being a student is a lifelong adventure.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.

No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

The one thing that I would say that defines me is I love to learn. I get excited about new things. I buy more books than I read or finish.