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“Rather than being disappointed and angry, entrepreneurs take the energy that could have been a negative one, and transform it into something positive – something that I call ‘entrepreneurial energy’. I learn from those disappointments and challenges and always ask myself “What can I do so that other entrepreneurs can learn from my mistakes”.Rebecca speaking on the entrepreneurial energy”
Rebecca Enonchong (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If teacher are professional and they know any child can learn, any student can learn any subject literally the children will do well”
Eddah Gachukia (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's okay to make mistakes but always learn from them. If things don't go as planned today don't forget that there's always tommorow and we all learn in this journey of life".”
Bisola Aiyeola (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you feel like you've learned whatever there is to learn from what you're doing, it's time to change course and find something new to learn so that you can move forward. You can't be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.”
Austin Kleon (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unity Club is a school — a place where we learn by doing and do as we learn,”
Jeannette Kagame (born 1962) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jeannette Kagame Urges Rwandans to Protect Unity and Write Their Own History KT PRESS (November 8, 2025)
“You learn 'em English, and I'll learn 'em baseball.”
Dizzy Dean (1910–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in America's Dizzy Dean (1978) by Curt Smith, p. 120
“For children and young adults, animals help them learn to empathize. Horses, goats, sheep … kids have to be able to take care of these animals and learn to be responsible for them, which is a really important lesson. It's really good for kids to grow up with animals.”
Jan Pol (veterinarian) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Incredible Dr. Pol on Why He Became a Vet", interview by Carrie Arnold, Nationalgeographic.com (January 8, 2016)
“But it is not all easy though because most of the players are Turkish and they speak their language so that is one of the things I have to learn. I also have to learn how to pronounce their names (laughs), but I am getting better”
Esse Akida (born 1992) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Akida eyes Champions League with BesiktasCapital FM Kenya(February 20,2020)
“I haven't fought the illness; it's still within me and will be forever. Hopefully, we'll find a miracle, a way to heal through scientific research, but I have to learn to live with it, I work on everything, from my toes to my knees, calves, fingers, singing, voice... It's the condition I have to learn to live with now, by stopping questioning myself.”
Celine Dion (born 1968) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Céline Dion On Her Return to the Stage: 'I Know That Nothing Will Stop Me' Canada Billboard (April 22, 2024).
“Don’t be desperate. Be yourself. If you have that gift and you think you can still go out there to learn, do it. Go and learn from the professionals and God will put you through. If God says it is your time, he will definitely lift you up”
Doris Simeon (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think you can learn lots of skills playing football.Team building is one.You also learn how to solve problems within your team. Sometimes you find yourself playing with players that you don't necessarily like, but you have to put your differences aside for the good of the team.It gives you skills that you may not appreciate at the time.”
Hope Powell (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What you learn over time is not to try and eliminate fear: It’s there for a good reason. But you have to learn to control it, to lean into it and to ensure that the rational brain is the one calling the shots and making the decisions and trying to get yourself and your crew out safely after, ideally, you’ve done the job that you came there to do.”
Clarissa Ward (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you can’t separate yourself and learn from what either worked or didn’t work you probably shouldn’t be acting in the first place, It’s a tool to learn.”
Melissa Leo (born 1960) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Melissa speak on acting in 2013.
“I think you learn something from everybody that you work with if you allow yourself to do that. What you might learn is to just be freer or braver. That's part of what you take away from an experience like that, and you grow. You might be a little less afraid the next time you work with somebody whose mind works like that.”
Mary Steenburgen (born 1953) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mary speak on working with others in comedies in 2020.
“‘We want to hear about your values as a political candidate. What are you doing that is newsworthy? Have you learned to write press releases? Learn how to write a copy. Learn how to request for press coverage. This is how to get votes, by appealing to the people.”
Eugenia Abu (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You come to a place in your life where you really learn what it is and how it is and what make you tick as an actress. It takes you a long time to learn how to be an actress. It really does. And then you find these buttons that become so accessible to you. And you just push them.”
Kim Basinger (born 1953) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: about being an actress in 2004.
“You either win or you learn. That's how I feel. You either win or you learn. Win, lose, I always reflect on the things I could have done better, anything you could have done better to try and take that next step. That'll be the same process I always have going on.”
Jalen Hurts (born 1998) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In post-game press conference following Super Bowl LVII (February 12, 2023).
“There is a lot to learn from them. By doing this, and by being a living example of good values as parents, you will have a good close knit family. We still have a lot to learn to make Nigeria great. We all have a role to play.”
Leila Fowler (1933–2025) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chief Leila speak on living good example as a parent in 2018.
“You could learn the language of almost anything. Once you learn the language, you can apply the language - and the application of language is generation.”
Jensen Huang (born 1963) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: NVIDIA CEO Discusses Generative AI And How It's Poised To Supercharge Creators" in Hot Hardware (21 June 2023)
“The ruination of your environment respects no human-drawn borders nor any family's fenced in private property ... All of you, my citizens, are very interdependent. Each must learn to care for all, and all must learn to care for each. Not to love your neighbor as yourself is to surely perish.”
Robert H. Meneilly (1925–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What came to my mind in New York was to finish the race so I can learn how to do my next marathon...So it helped me a lot to learn about patience. In New York I didn’t know about patience, I ran it like it was a track race.”
Hellen Obiri (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you want to become a university lecturer then learn and listen to what the from the lecturers, if you want to be a great leader then learn about the leader you desire to become like in your life, you must live now the kind of life you want to experience in the future.”
Tulia Ackson (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always tell people, a lead role can make or mar you. So, don’t be in a rush for that lead role. Start little; learn your craft, learn the basics so that when you finally land that big role you will know what to do with it so that it would announce you to the world.”
Queen Nwokoye (born 1981) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I still hang out with old friends…..Queen Nwokoye. The Laurel (Nigeria), 28 August 2023.
“You know, personal experience…you’ve got to learn to be tough, you’ve got to learn to survive.”
Tanit Phoenix (born 1980) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: http://www.bullz-eye.com/movies/interviews/2011/tanit_phoenix.htm By Jamey Codding, retrieved 03/10/2010.
“As entrepreneurs, we learn from successful entrepreneurs and also learn from those who have failed”
Ayisha Fuseini wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Style is what you sell and what you sell is what you learn and what you learn is what you earn and what you earn is what permits your social security.”
Lanre Hassan (born 1950) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lanre on style in 2015
“If you are a young person eager to learn, passion will take you very far because passion will drive you to show up to things that you can learn from.”
Genoveva Umeh (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My books are a combination of my culture growing up, but also my entering a new culture as an immigrant and having to learn—to re-learn—everything so that I’d actually be able to survive in a new country.”
Yuyi Morales (born 1968) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview (2015)
“No religion, it seems to me, contains the whole truth. I think it's mad to think that there is nothing to learn from other traditions and civilizations. If you accept that other religions have something to offer and you learn from them, that is what you become: a Buddhist-Episcopalian or a Hindu-Muslim or whatever.”
Ninian Smart (1927–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ugandans have to learn or people have to learn to be true to themselves. You must keep your promise. It is an eye for an eye.”
Evelyn Anite (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your time to learn from your own.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wow. I have never been stretched so much in my life! It was testing and stressful but it was also so much fun. I’ve always been a loner, so being in a confined space with strangers was far from easy. But it was a great time to learn about human behavior, and of course to learn about myself. I think I surprised myself everyday!”
Vimbai Mutinhiri (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I learn a lot from my children. I learn about my own shortcomings and where I can still grow”
Milan Murray (born 1974) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Milan Murray: 'My story is far from over',| December 15, 2023,By Susan Goosen
“He was always complaining of there being so much to learn and so little time to learn it. And that from a man who had lived years beyond numbering.”
Raymond E. Feist (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A]ny time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he’s ready, no matter how young he is, and you can’t start too young to learn how to be careful.”
Robert Ruark (1915–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And that’s the growth mindset. I think as a founder you have to learn so much all the time, and often stuff that you don’t want to learn or are not interested in… like accounting. I think the best founders we invest in have the strongest growth mindsets.”
Alice Bentinck (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“f you learn a language when you're three years old, you'll be fluent, and if you learn when you're 23 you'll have an accent. All of us will have an accent when using technology”
Fru Hazlitt (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The thing about robotics is that it involves many different fields. From an educational point of view, you learn about this whole idea of system integration, and you also learn a little bit about different fields. You might have a problem for which you don’t necessarily want to develop an automated robot to solve that problem, but some components of robotics might be helpful.”
Ayorkor Korsah wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
Marie Maynard Daly (1921–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Look. The models, they just want to learn. You have to understand this. The models, they just want to learn…”
Leopold Aschenbrenner (born 2001) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Adults learn when they want to learn.”
Dorothy Kisaka (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Remember that good times and bad times will be part of your life equally, and you have to learn to handle both with equanimity. Make the most of life's opportunities and learn from every opportunity, and challenge that life brings along”
Chanda Kochhar (born 1961) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When Chanda Kochhar spoke about importance of honesty in letter to daughter,22 July 2025
“I felt like there was no room for mistakes, which was difficult because science – mistakes are actually part of the beauty of it. Not necessarily tons of mistakes, but you learn a lot from things that don’t necessarily always go right with experiments. But in this case, we only had the bandwidth to learn from things that were going to go right. Otherwise, you lost time and people died.”
Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As black people, we still have a long way to go to understand and learn more about mental illnesses. This is not to say we are people that don't want to learn or know more, but there is also the language barrier.”
Xoli Zondi (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People give a lot of respect to languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and even put in efforts to learn foreign languages, but why not learn ISL?”
Ramya Miryala wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“South Africa has lessons to offer, by no means perfect, and we have so many lessons to learn from other countries in the continent may we learn from the mistakes of others in reconstructing our countries towards the future we desire”
Nomaindiya Mfeketo (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I recommend that others learn to identify their intuitive voice, and follow their muse. Get fearlessly involved in your own creative process, learn to love it, and don't get distracted by public opinion.”
Nancy Calef (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pero (But) for me, in life you always have to learn. And the more you learn, the more you grow. For me, that’s innovation.”
Solenn Heussaff (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You only learn when you fail. You cannot learn from being perfect all the time.”
Vicky Morales (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“May the young learn from Savio how to sanctify themselves, even in the midst of dangers, how to join holiness with cheerfulness, frankness with reserve, dignity with modesty, the interior life and intimate union with Our Lord with the diligent exercise of external duties; let them learn of him to be beloved by God and men, and thus to leave a holy memory to succeeding generations.”
Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source