learning on Self-Improvement

Peter Drucker suggests that we should always sustain two streams of learning and self-improvement. And though he is speaking specifically about work and career, what he says is equally applicable whet...

One of the reasons failure can be so crushing is that we set goals of success, instead of improvement and learning.

The bottom line is this: never grow complacent. Never grow tired of learning. As soon as we stop learning we lose the capacity to grow and mature in our work and our relationships. This continual lear...

I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every p...

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

At eighteen, a self-assured Benjamin Franklin returned to Boston, the city he had fled just seven months earlier. Dressed in a fine new suit, with a watch on his wrist and a pocket full of coins, he p...

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not se...

Receiving feedback sits at the intersection of these two needs—our drive to learn and our longing for acceptance.

The priest Henri Nouwen learned humility on a mission trip to South America. He went expecting to pass on his wisdom to the poor and unenlightened. During his six-month stay, Nouwen concluded that a d...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

Anthony of Padua opened every class he taught with the phrase, “Of what value is learning that does not turn to love?”

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly t...

That learning which thou gettest by thy own observation and experience, is far beyond that which thou gettest by precept; as the knowledge of a traveler exceeds that which is got by reading.

“We learn from failure, not from success!”

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.

Any fool can learn from his mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Becoming a teachable person has two prerequisites: There must be a teacher and a person willing to be taught. Increasingly, Western culture has become an environment that celebrates and platforms the ...

Is life not full of opportunities for learning love? Every man and woman every day has a thousand of them. The world is not a playground; it is a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday, but an education. A...

You know by instinct that it is impossible to “teach” democracy, or citizenship or a happy married life . . . They come, not from a course, but from a teacher; not from a curriculum, but from a human ...

When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Faith does not grow in spite of suffering, but through suffering, when hope learns to contradict reality.