Quotes On Learning

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.

Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you.

Now that I'm older, I can see that everyone was my teacher.

Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.

It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

I think it’s important to have a good hard failure when you're young. I learned a lot out of that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it I’ve never had any fear in my whole life when we’ve been near collapse and all of that. I’ve never been afraid. I’ve never had the feeling I couldn’t walk out and get a job doing something.

I don't believe in playing down to children... just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature.

Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.