Drew Houston Quotes

In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.

Technology is changing so fast that knowledge about specifics can quickly become obsolete. That's why so much of what technicians learn is on the job.

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

The old economy was about people acquiring a single skill for life; the new economy is about life-long learning.

Successful workers will be those who embrace a lifetime of learning. Those who don't will be left behind.

I'm always going to be a student. I'm always learning. I'm always trying to grow. I'm always trying to understand. I never want to feel like I've arrived.

We should remain students for lifetime. You should be ready and yearn to learn from every moment of life. The basic elements of life need to be associated with learning. The learning process should be a part of your DNA.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. A successful business owner never stops learning. They educate themselves on the things they need to learn, and they never stop growing. They never arrive at a certain point and think, ahhh... now I don't need to learn anymore.

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

The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge.

Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible and efficient markets for labor and capital, an entrepreneurial tradition, and a general willingness to tolerate and even embrace technological and economic change all contribute to this resiliency.

There's an ability to learn & adapt, an ability to constantly have a vision that's driving you, but to be taking input from all sources.

The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing.

Everyone who's a success, is a continual learner.

Train yourself for a profession that does not exist.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

Learn at every opportunity. What your learn is always yours.

My biggest fear is that I become useless or less useful by not being up to date - be it with technology, changing consumers, changing global situations. You continuously have to have a little level of paranoia that forces you to set the bar higher every day.

Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.

I'm always learning new ways to improve my game from both players older and younger than me.

You didn't grow up driving...you figured it out.

We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!

Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.

Watch, listen and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence.