Quotes on Language Learning

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

A different language is a different vision of life.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.

He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.