Top 21 Inspirational Quotes About Learning

‘Tis the season for sales on crayons and construction paper, folders and flash drives, pencils and Post-Its. With the back-to-school season upon us, we decided to gather some of the best quotes about learning to help you get inspired to take the learning leap for yourself. After all, learning isn’t just for kids … whether through an online class or a full degree program, you can commit to learning for life. Take a look:

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
―Henry Ford

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
―Leonardo da Vinci

“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.”
―Daniel J. Boorstin

“Change is the end result of all true learning.”
―Leo Buscaglia

“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.”
―William Arthur Ward

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks / And all the sweet serenity of books”
―Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Morituri Salutamus”

“If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease.”
―Nagarjuna

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”
―Abigail Adams

“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.”
―Joseph Joubert

“Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.”
―W. Edwards Deming

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
―Confucius, The Confucian Analects

“Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.”
―William Glasser

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”
―Mortimer Adler

“Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life’s greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.”
―Taylor Caldwell

“Education is the best provision for old age.”
―Aristotle

“Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.”
―Abraham Lincoln

“Learning is its own exceeding great reward.”
―William Hazlitt, “On Old English Writers and Speakers”

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
―Benjamin Franklin

“The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”
―Ralph W. Sockman

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”
―B.B. King

What’s your favorite quote about learning?