Knowledge Sayings and Quotes


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A day of travelling will bring a basketful of learning.
Vietnamese (on journeys)
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Brains are better than brawn.      
unknown
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Distance lends enchantment to the view.      
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
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Don't reinvent the wheel.      
unknown
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Doubt is the key to knowledge.      
Iranian (on education)
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Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects.      
Will Rogers (1879-1935)
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Example is the best precept.      
Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
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Hit the nail on the head.      
John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.      
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.      
Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool.      
Spanish Proverb
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It is better to be the head of a chicken than the rear of an ox.      
Japanese (on relative worth)
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Know thyself.      
Ancient Greek Proverb
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Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.      
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Knowledge is power.      
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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Learning is better than house and land.      
David Garrick (1716-1779)
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Mistakes are doorways to discovery.      
unknown
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Never stop learning.      
unknown
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People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.      
Socrates (469-399 BC)
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Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.      
Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
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Put two and two together.      
unknown
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The shoe knows if the stocking has a hole.
Bahamian (on knowledge and justice)
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What good is running when you're on the wrong road.      
German (on planning)
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What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the natures of things.      
Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
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When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come.      
Chinese Proverb
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When you're sad, learn something,      
Merlin
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Wise men learn by others' harms; fools by their own.      
Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
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Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.      
Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
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With time even a bear can learn to dance.      
Yiddish (on education)

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