Top 100 Learning Quotes of All Time

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Learning is a lifelong journey that shapes our minds, perspectives, and the way we navigate the world. From the wisdom of philosophers and thinkers to the insights of artists and visionaries, the power of learning has been celebrated and documented throughout history. This collection brings together 100 timeless quotes that capture the essence of learning in its various forms.


"The Sight of a Achievement is the Greatest Gift a Human Can Offer to Others."
"We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it."
"I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate."
"Disciplined, consistent, and persistent actions are more of a determining factor in the creation of success than any other combination of things."
"I never took a day off in my 20’s. Not One."
"Start with the end in mind. If you want to be a millionaire, talk like one, act like one, work like one."
"Become a millionaire not for the million dollars, but for what it will make of you to achieve it."
"You have to make the shift from being a consumer in the economy to becoming an owner—and you do it by becoming an investor."
"If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor its your mistake."
"You can’t work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn’t work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality!"
"Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep."
"You can’t just wish to be a millionaire; you have to figure out how to earn it."
"I believe people have to follow their dreams—I did."
"People don’t want to be millionaires – they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy."
"Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich."
"Always discover your vision and the rest will follow."
"All wealth comes from adding value, from producing more, better, cheaper, faster, and easier than someone else."
"Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do every day for the rest of my life…Do that."
"On average, millionaires invest 20% of their household income each year. Their wealth isn’t measured by the amount they make each year, but by how they’ve saved and invested over time."
"Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success."
"It’s not about the money. It’s about the passion."
"Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion."
"If you want to fly with the eagles, don’t swim with the ducks!"
"If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die."
"Being rich isn’t a privilege. Being rich is a right. If you create massive value for others, you have the right to be as rich as you want."
"You have to decide that you will become a deca-millionaire, and then you must reinforce that decision, over and over. Put a stake in the ground right now: “I am going to become very, very rich."
"The easiest thing I ever did was earn a million dollars. The hardest thing I ever did, and it took years, was believing I was capable of earning a million dollars."
"Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself."
"I now realize there are millions of self-made millionaires who started with nothing. They dug inside themselves to find the answers and they succeeded. There is nothing anyone else can do, that I can’t do."
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
"You cannot achieve success without failure."
"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over."
"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind, may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."
"Don’t underestimate the power of your instinct."
"What’s keeping you from being rich? In most cases it’s simply a lack of belief. In order to become rich, you must believe you can do it, and you must take the actions necessary to achieve your goal."
"Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage."
"Risk more than others think safe. Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible. Care more than others think wise."
"An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends."
"A man acquires a fortune by doing his business thoroughly, while his neighbor remains poor for life because he only half does it."
"No matter what your dream is, you can make that dream a reality, …If you dream about being a millionaire, you can be that. All you have to do is study and be smart."
"Knowledge is more important than money."
"The best time to expand is when no one dares to take risks."
"It’s all about dreams.  Dreams cost nothing, they are free."
"No matter how smart you are, if you don’t know how to work with people, your dreams will just be dreams."
"If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all."
"The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they use their time."
"Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know."
"It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success."
"If the road trip to wealth were easy, would everyone be wealthy? Expect a price to be paid. Expect risk and sacrifice. Expect bumps in the road."
"You can’t go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years."
"I never grew up thinking the goal in life was to be a millionaire."
"If you work just for money, you’ll never make it. But if you love what you’re doing, success will be yours."
"If you think can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right."
"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."
"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work."
"Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That’s not just a catchy slogan. It’s the very essence of successful investing."
"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."
"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
"If you want to get rich, think of saving as earning."
"Failure is not the opposite of success; it is part of success."
"Money is just a consequence. I always say to my team, “Don’t worry too much about profitability. If you do your job well, the profitability will come."
"The big money is not in the buy or selling, but in the waiting."
"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther."
"Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs."
"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
"The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first."
"Money may go to bad people but it never goes to bad ideas."
"If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail."
"Of all the people I have met who have achieved a level of economic success similar to my own were driven to realize a dream, but not necessarily to become wealthy. Remember, success is doing what you want to do."
"Success takes communication, collaboration, and sometimes, failure."
"I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams."
"You just have to find that thing that’s special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen."
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small."
"I don’t design clothes. I design dreams."
"First comes the shy wish. Then you must have the heart to have the dream. Then, you work, and work."
"Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity."
"I believe that most successful people are ordinary people with extraordinary determination."
"I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That’s why I’ve been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don’t succeed, I feel good about the effort."
"Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up."
"Ferrari doesn’t advertise on TV because their customers don’t watch much of it."
"Relentlessly strive to come up with new and better products and produce them more efficiently than the alternatives."
"Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you’re trying to do more than just make money."
"Don’t go broke trying to look rich."
"Obsessed is a word used often by the lazy, in order to describe the dedicated."
"The few who do are the envy of the many who watch."
"If you do not see riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance."
"What determines your wealth is not how much you make but how much you keep of what you make."
"Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable."
"Take the word “No” out of your damn vocabulary."
"After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts."
"As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own."
"I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people."
"One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping-stone to something greater."
"Don’t focus on you, focus on what you can give others."
"Cut out anyone holding you back."
"The greatest accomplishment in life isn’t what you’re paid, it’s who you become."
"If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you’re really not ready to be successful."
"If you want to become wealthy, then you have to find out what the top 5% of people do financially and do the same thing."
"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."