Russell Simmons Quotes

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

We rarely think to mark the trail for others to follow. 'Live and learn,' we say, acknowledging the value of experience. We usually forget about 'Live and teach.'

I teach some of the guys stuff that I've learned.

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.

The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

Those who are obligated to learn are obligated to teach

Teaching is really very, very important. I always tell my students that you should find an opportunity to teach. When you teach others, you teach yourself.

One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.

I always believe that you have to give back what you have learnt.

Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers.

Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.

I have a responsibility to pass on to the next generation what I learned from my teachers, ... It keeps me young and reminds me where I came from. Teaching young artists is like giving water to a flower.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

The boy's got a lot to learn and I've got a lot to teach.

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.