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Big Books of 2026

Teachable Quotes

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Meister Eckhart
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
― Meister Eckhart
tags: beginner, beginning, fresh-start, morning, start-fresh, teachable, willingness
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Roger Ebert
“What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.”
― Roger Ebert
tags: curious, teachable
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Criss Jami
“The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy
tags: adversity, arrogance, development, disobedience, ego, experience, failures, fortunate, humility, intelligence, knowledge, learning, mistakes, obedience, pain, pride, reaching, rebellion, sentenced, stranded, stubbornness, suffering, taught, teach, teachable, tragedy, unfortunate, unteachable, wisdom
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“My priority is not about grades. I seek yearn for knowledge, skills and wisdom.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
tags: academic, college, curiosity, daily-motivation, desire, dream, education, enthusiasm, failure, grades, great-expectations, greate-glory, inspirational-life, knowledge, lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations, learning-process, passionate-life, persistence, personal-development, personal-growth, positive-outlook, positive-thinking, positivity, school, self-education, self-esteem, self-help, self-motivation, skills, success, teachable, university, uplifting, virtue, willing-spirit, wisdom, words-of-wisdom
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Just be silent, humble and teachable. If you ever think you know it all, that is the beginning of your troubles.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Let's go to the Next Level
tags: food-for-thought, humble, israelmore-ayivor, learn, motivational-quotes, personal-development, silence, silent, teachable, troubles
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Shannon L. Alder
“Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.”
― Shannon L. Alder
tags: acceptan, approachable, broad-minded, happiness, humility, interested, leading, observant, open-minded, open-to-suggestions, perceptives, stayingpositiveuniversity-com, teachable, teaching
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Gary Rohrmayer
“Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.”
― Gary Rohrmayer
tags: change, coachable, coaching, coaching-best-practices, coaching-executive, coaching-quotes, leadership, leadership-characteristics, leadership-development, teachable
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“Remain flexible and teachable so that you can make necessary adjustments in life. Mz Liz”
― Mz Liz
tags: adjust, adjustment, adjustment-and-attitude, flexible, teachable, teachable-spirit
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Russ Kyle
“It is possible to be confident and still practice humility. Be confident in the success of the teachable, sure in the power & grace of That which supports you.”
― Russell Kyle
tags: confident, humble, spiritual, teachable, wisdom
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Our troubles begin the moment our teachers believe they know it all, and our learners think they are not teachable.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Let's go to the Next Level
tags: food-for-thought, humility, israelmore-ayivor, know-it-all, learners, motivational-quotes, personal-development, teachable, teachers, trouble
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Orrin Woodward
“Whereas goodness makes greatness teachable, greatness makes goodness touchable.”
― Orrin Woodward
tags: goodness, greatness, service-to-mankind, teachable
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Israelmore Ayivor
“To be reachable, just be teachable.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Let's go to the Next Level
tags: food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, learn, learning, motivational-quotes, personal-development, reach, reachable, teach, teachable
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P.D. Ouspensky
“As long as they think they can do something by themselves they will not be able to make any use of a school, even if they find it. Schools exist only for those who need them, and who know that they need them.”
― P.D. Ouspensky, The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution
tags: humility, teachable
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Chanakya
“A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.”
― Chanakya, Chanakya Neeti: The Complete Sutras, A Treatise on the Ideal Way of Life
tags: bias, discrimination, learning, prejudice, pride, teachable, willingness
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John Joclebs Bassey
“Your chapter one in life might be someone else’s chapter ten. Always be grateful for life.”
― John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts
tags: anew, be-grateful, chapter, chapters, fresh, fresh-start, gratefulness, new-beginnings, new-start, teachable
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Epictetus
“It is impossible to learn what we think we already know.”
― Epictetus, The Essential Writings
tags: belief, humility, ignorance, learn, learning, modesty, receptive, student, teachability, teachable
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“Readiness for corrections, tutorship, and mentorship is readiness for a healthy and successful future.”
― Daniel ANIKOR
tags: correction, mentorship, teachable
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Donna Goddard
“Some people believe that arrogance is a forgivable sign of confidence. They do not understand that arrogance makes them unteachable. It comes from fear. Fear of not knowing. Fear of being stupid. Fear of being wrong. Arrogance is a protection—a faulty one.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction
tags: arrogance, authenticity, confidence, humble, humility, purity, stupidity, teachable, transparency
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Donna Goddard
“The less people know, the more arrogant they tend to be. Someone who is very teachable in any field realises that there is an endless amount they don’t know. The masters are innately teachable.”
― Donna Goddard, Love Matters
tags: arrogance, arrogance-and-attitude, attitude, genius, humble, humility, ignorance, learning, teachable, thought
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