Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
Source: " A Case of Voluntary Ignorance http://www.christiebooks.com/ChristieBooksWP/2013/11/a-case-of-voluntary-ignorance-by-aldous-huxley/" in Collected Essays (1959)
“Is it important to be right or is it important to do what’s right? That’s one of the hardest lessons to learn.”
Source: The Angel Experiment
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Danez Smith American poet
On the importance of naming in “INTERVIEW WITH DANEZ SMITH” http://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/interview-danez-smith/ in The White Review (June 2018)
“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“I've learned…. That being kind is more important than being right.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer
Source: Live and Learn and Pass It On, Volume II: People Ages 5 to 95 Share What They've Discovered About Life, Love, and Other Good Stuff
Will Gompertz (1965) British journalist
Think Like an Artist (2015)
“The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no.”
Penélope Cruz (1974) Spanish actress
Cinema.com interview (2001)
Context: The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.
“The hardest lesson that I learned is that “rejection is protection.””
Sheri Booker American author, poet
Rejection never feels good, but as artists I think we tend to take rejection so personally. It can cause us to doubt our work or talent. However, rejection isn’t always someone saying we don’t like your work or you’re not talented. Sometimes it’s someone else recognizing that they can’t give you what you need to fly. It’s a venue saying this is not quite the right fit for you right now. That doesn’t mean that you won’t find home for your work. That doesn’t mean that venue won’t come looking for you one day. It means you have to keep working hard until you find the perfect fit and when the time is right it will work itself out. <br class="br">On learning to take rejection in “Q&A Session with Award-Winning Author, Sheri Booker” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/interview-with-award-winning-author-sheri-booker_b_5684760 in HuffPost (2014 Aug 19)
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) American business magnate and philanthropist
As quoted in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007) edited by Ted Goodman, p. 175
Norton Juster (1929) American children's writer, academic, and architect
Variant: …it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.