Live is all about growth and learning. We all evolve through our experiences. Everything from the people we encounter randomly on a daily basis to the mistakes we make, both big and small, helps shape who we are. However, most of us also have a pretty good idea about where we are and where we would like to go. Sometimes, though, we can feel stuck in a rut. That is where a bit of inspiration might come in handy, and the perfect way to inspire growth through learning is with a few learning quotes.

Some of the most successful people in the world also have some of the best quotes attributed to them. After all, they started out just like you and me, right? Before they were famous for whatever they became known for, they were just regular people. Know what that means? You, too, can become anything you want. You just have to learn how to do it effectively. A few good learning quotes can definitely help you along the way - and if you take them to heart, they just might change your life. 

Learning is the key to success. We always hear that sort of thing - the more education you have, the more successful you will be in life. These messages, while true, sometimes leave out very key elements of just what learning is. There are all kinds of education, and many of them will not be found in any classroom. There is also what many people like to call the "School of Life." There is absolutely no substitute for life experience, and those who come away with the most wisdom have unlocked the keys to using those experiences - the good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between - to their betterment. These people also tend to produce the best learning quotes.

When I say "learning quotes," I mean those short sayings that can really resonate when you are really thinking about the deeper meanings in life. These people give little golden nuggets of wisdom in concise bursts. It is up to us to take heed, and, if we play our cards right, internalize these learning quotes and turn them into the realization of our lifelong dreams. 

Earl Nightingale was a classic radio host. He also was highly successful, and deeply involved in the self development movement. Therefore, it seems fitting that our first learning quote on this list would come from him. It is also most Nightingale's most well-known quotes - and with good reason. The message is clear: If you are not enjoying your life, you are wasting it. Going through the motions, stuck in a rut, is not living. It is simply existing. Even worse, if your life has taken a turn that you feel has thrust you into misery, you definitely should be looking at this Earl Nightingale quote.

Now, of course, this is not something that is to be taken completely literally. After all, we all have to do things we don't want to do. Everyone has worked jobs that they don't like, taken classes that weren't our favorites but were required, or had to put up with co-workers, relatives, or in-laws we'd be happy to never see again just to keep the peace. But the thing is, even with all of those unpleasant things in life, the majority of things in life should be enjoyable. And, if you are not where you want to be, if you are not currently enjoying life, take the bull by the horns, get inspired, live intentionally! Hopefully, this Earl Nightingale quote, and some other learning quotes, can help you do just that. 

Full disclosure: Mahatma Ghandi is one of my favorite people. He inspires peace, love, and justice, which are values I hold dear. In my estimation, those qualities make his words fitting for any list of learning quotes.

Ghandi understood how deeply precious life is, and how we are never guaranteed another day. We might live to be 10 or 100 - and likely somewhere in between. The important thing is to remember to live ever day as fully, as deeply, as intentionally, and as gratefully as we can.  Also, the most important message I take from this, one of the most important of all the learning quotes you will find on this list, is that the day you stop learning is the day you stop truly living.

Life always has something to teach you. Long after you have graduated high school, perhaps college and beyond, there's still a whole lot to learn. You should live every day with unabashed, childlike wonder. Learn whatever you can, from whatever source you can. You might learn a life-changing nugget of truth from the friendly server you click with at the diner during your lunch hour. You might learn to appreciate the wisdom of those who have lived to be senior citizens as you speak to an elderly lady while waiting for the bus. In short - learn every day. No matter how seemingly small the interaction or experience - learn. That is what makes Mahatma Ghandi's words here one of the best learning quotes ever. 

Sometimes, great wisdom comes in the unlikeliest of places. This time, that place is from pop culture. Chantal Kreviazuk is a Canadian pop singer who is certainly a fixture in modern pop culture. She also ranks on this list of great learning quotes, because she espouses a lesson that often eludes so many human beings: That sometimes being alone is the only way to truly get to know yourself.

Humans are social creatures. We often spend our lives on a quest for fulfilling romances, or have fantasies of lifelong friendships. While there is nothing wrong with any of that - and, indeed, there are great reasons that these things are encouraged - sometimes you just need a little time alone.

Get to know yourself without too many outside influences. Appreciate who you are from the inside out. Gather happiness from within yourself, and know that you are a treasure in your own right, and that anyone who is in your presence, as a friend, a relative, a partner - is very lucky to have you and should feel honored. This is one of my favorite learning quotes because one of the most important life lessons that people should always learn - but often miss - is that true happiness comes from within. We can never be truly happy with another if we are not happy with ourselves. 

Charles M. Schulz was, of course, the man behind the magic that was the Peanuts comic strip. Aside from the newspaper comics, the beloved characters therein became icons in cartoons and even muppet-like shows. They will live on forever in hearts of people everywhere, and rightly so. 

More full disclosure:  I love Peanuts. I am pretty sure the old VHS tapes my siblings and I watched the Peanuts Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas specials on each year growing up are still in my mother's attic someplace. So, I definitely had to include their creator in this list. 

Mr. Schulz deserves a spot on this and any other list of great learning quotes because there is no gift like the gift of laughter - especially, as he says, being able to laugh at yourself. In this world we live in, people often take themselves far too seriously. Life is certainly a serious business, for sure, but without laughter, even at our own expense, we lose the sense of childlike wonder and enjoyment that so many of the great people among us somehow managed to retain.

In fact, learning to poke fun at yourself is a way to keep humble, to appreciate opportunities for life learning, and, most of all, to enjoy learning, so that you never want to stop. Yes, Charles m Schulz was a wise man indeed - and not just because of the treasure of the Peanuts that he bestowed up on us for all eternity. He was a true lifelong learner, and leaves with us that part of his legacy.

Once again, the world of popular culture gives us a bit of wisdom. Lindsey Stirling is an esteemed violinist, dancer and composer. You would think she has everything, right? Apparently not. No one is immune to a lack of self love. It is a terrifying thing to look in the mirror one day, when your life is seemingly just fine on the surface, and realize you are not happy at all. It's even more terrifying when you realize you don't even like or perhaps even know yourself.

That is what makes this quote from Lindsey Stirling so important. People can seem like they are on top of the world, and still be completely miserable. Further, the most tragic thing about misery, regardless of the person suffering it, is that life is far too short for joy to be so elusive. Perhaps, most importantly, we also have to love that we cannot properly love others until we love ourselves. Any important list of learning quotes would remiss if it didn't include life lessons about the importance of loving ourselves, and about having the courage to realize when we don't.  Always love yourself, and examine your own happiness. The rest will come. 

We live in a looks obsessed world. One could argue that the likes of Selena Gomez, a beautiful Disney television personality turned pop star, has managed to capitalize on that. This is also why what she says here is so important to put onto this list of learning quotes. 

There isn't a woman alive, no matter how conventionally beautiful, who has not, at some point, been uncomfortable in her own skin. It is how we are socialized. We will never be pretty enough. No matter how much make up we cake onto our faces, how much we starve our bodies into submission, how much plastic surgery we have, we will never be good enough for society. To that end, we should all just learn to work on being enough for ourselves first. 

No one is saying not to take pride in one's appearance, or not to strive to look one's best each day. However, society's standards for beauty are dangerously ridiculous, and are destroying the self-esteem of women and girls everywhere. So, learn to be comfortable in your own skin, just the way you are. You are already beautiful. 

Long after we leave the institutional classrooms of primary school, secondary school, and college, we embark on another kind of educational journey in The School of Life. There are lots of challenges, missteps, hardships, and twists and turns. They key, however, is not to let these missteps get you down. It is to learn from them, and to mindfully pursue learning throughout your life journey. Learning doesn't end in the classroom. In fact, it only begins there. True education is what you remember long after you have no longer sat in a classroom for many years.

Every encounter, every single precious moment of every single day, can help you learn. Think about that next time you greet a new co-worker or strike up a conversation with someone at the bus stop, or even in the line at the supermarket or the Department of Motor Vehicles. Remember – every moment is an opportunity. You never know when one of those moments happens to be the one that changes your life. Find that moment, and you find the truth of your potential. Life awaits you, no matter what stage of it you may find yourself in.

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