Application of Knowledge Quotes

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.

Wisdom is the use of knowledge

Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW.

It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.

Knowledge is not for knowing: knowledge is for cutting.

What good is knowledge if it just floats in the air? It goes from computer to computer. It changes and grows every second of every day. But nobody actually knows anything.

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.

Knowledge descries; wisdom applies.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

...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.

Knowledge is a thing you can carry around with you, but you may not apply it. Some knowledge is indiscriminate, and it can be damaging. I recently found a wonderful definition of wisdom: It is that thing which results in the maximum good and the least harm.

Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.

I'd say I learned a lot. It's all about whether or not I can apply it.

It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Knowledge is not power unless it is used.

To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If your light and knowledge be not turned into practice, the more knowing a man you are, the more miserable a man you will be in the day of recompense; your light and knowledge will more torment you than all the devils in hell. Your knowledge will be that rod that will eternally lash you, and that scorpion that will forever bite you, and that worm that will everlastingly gnaw you; therefore read, and labor to know that you may do--or else you are undone forever.

An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a new situation.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know