Theodore Sturgeon Quotes

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that.

Every year is a roller coaster. I've enjoyed the struggle of having new coaches and having to prove myself over again. Being able to figure out ways to solve problems, to overcome obstacles - that's been fun.

Negative feelings are typical of learning, and you shouldn't feel like you're stupid when you're frustrated doing something. You might say to yourself, 'I can't do this,' but you should say, 'That's great.' That means you really have the potential to learn something there.

You always need to be curious and study.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

I'm going to mess up. But I'm going to get back, you know, and get after it and try to do better the next day.

You can't learn if you don't try.

As soon as I know how to do something, I usually get bored with it.

I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.

When you try new things, you will make mistakes. That's OK.

Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that.

Whenever there is a challenge, the key is not to get consumed by the challenge but actually to learn from it.

Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.

Play as much as you can. That's what I had to do because of my inexperience. And don't get frustrated.

Always it's like big challenge for me. Every point is a big challenge. So I do everything I can.

But I like a challenge, anything I can't do it inspires me to learn it.

I was always at my best when I was learning, when I was curious. When I had yet to see past the next horizon.

If you're interested in something, do some more research and don't be afraid to ask questions. At the very worst you're going to know more than you did at the start of the day.