The greatest teacher, failure is
A Princeton professor posted a CV of his failures for his students. Yoda’s quote explains why that works, and how…
Learning Quotes
Sometimes you win
Sara Blakely’s father asked his kids what they had failed at every week. John C. Maxwell’s quote explains why that…
An expert is a person
Niels Bohr’s quote explains why that pile of failures is what made him an expert, and how to shrink your…
Mistakes are the portals
In 1912, a Dublin printer burned James Joyce’s book of short stories. Here’s what Joyce meant when he called mistakes…
My entire life can be summed up
Darynda Jones spent 9 years chasing a publishing deal and still sums up her life in one shrug of a…
Trying is the first step
Homer Simpson has a plan for never failing. He never tries. The joke lands because plenty of people run the…
A learning experience is one of those things
Douglas Adams said a learning experience is a message telling you to stop repeating what you just did. A burnt…
We were both wrong
Dr. House admits he got a diagnosis wrong, then ranks his patient’s mistake as at least 6 times bigger than…
It’s not the failure that’s desirable
Peter C. Brown’s quote from Make It Stick explains why challenging practice and occasional failure strengthen learning.
Teachers open the door
In a prison cell, Malcolm X copied a dictionary by hand to teach himself the words he lacked. This Chinese…