{"id":22807,"date":"2025-07-08T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispringsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=22807"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:21:27","slug":"the-78-best-elearning-quotes-get-your-daily-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispringsolutions.com\/blog\/elearning-quotes","title":{"rendered":"The 78 Best eLearning Quotes: Get Your Daily Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Issac D’Israeli once wrote, “The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”<\/em> In this article, we’ve preserved the experience and wisdom of dozens of people: from eLearning experts to ancient philosophers – all sharing their thoughts on learning.<\/p>\n

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TL;DR<\/h2>\n

The article compiles 78 eLearning quotes from experts, philosophers, and innovators to inspire and motivate educators and learners. It highlights insights on effective design, engagement, relevance, performance, motivation, and the learning process, with contributions from instructional designers, thinkers like Aristotle and Einstein, and leaders such as Barack Obama and Elon Musk. The piece concludes by encouraging readers to use these perspectives to overcome challenges in creating and taking online courses, and promotes iSpring Suite AI for building eLearning content.<\/span><\/p>\n

40 eLearning Quotes by eLearning Experts<\/h2>\n
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“It’s time to step up to the plate and get passionate about your work. Commit to making eLearning courses that don’t bore people to tears, but instead inspire and motivate them to learn a new skill, change a certain behavior, or improve their performance.”<\/p>\n

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Cammy Bean<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The most important principle for designing lively eLearning is to see eLearning design not as information design but as designing an experience.”<\/p>\n

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Cathy Moore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“eLearning shouldn’t be a casual joyride on a Sunday afternoon with the cruise control engaged. The sole purpose of eLearning is to teach.<\/p>\n

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Christopher Palm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“When it comes to eLearning, content means everything. If eLearning content is not masterfully designed, all the rest will just go down the drain.”<\/p>\n

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Christopher Pappas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“In order to create an engaging learning experience, the role of instructor is optional, but the role of learner is essential.”<\/p>\n

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Bernard Bull<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“When it comes to the design of effective learning experiences, one provocative question is worth a hundred proclamations.”<\/p>\n

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Bernard Bull<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We don’t care what people know, we care what they do. It’s all about performance.”<\/p>\n

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Michael Allen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If you want people to have fun, give them the day off. If you want them to learn, engage them with the content.”<\/p>\n

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Karl Kapp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“When training is done well, doors open, skills develop, and performance excellence yields personal and organizational rewards. People grow in ability, confidence, motivation, and happiness.”<\/p>\n

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Michael Allen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The basic DNA of good learning experiences is trying to do something and getting feedback<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Julie Dirksen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Throw out some of that instructional design language and speak like a human being.”<\/p>\n

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Cammy Bean<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Instructional designers need to run, not walk, away from classroom-based thinking and get to the point of providing short, quick, business-focused learning points that are easily accessible when and where our learners need them. This means leveraging new technologies to deliver non-traditional instruction.”<\/p>\n

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Karl Kapp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“One of the ways to motivate students is really to be able to give more real-world examples of how actual companies had a problem, they figured out how to solve it, and here’s the method that they used – and hey, you can replicate that.”<\/p>\n

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Dr. Luke Hobson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“One of the most important areas we can develop as professionals is competence in accessing and sharing knowledge.”<\/p>\n

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Connie Malamed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“In visual design for eLearning, less is more.”<\/p>\n

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Connie Malamed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We need to bring learning to people instead of people to learning.”<\/p>\n

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Elliot Masie<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event.”<\/p>\n

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Heidi-Hayes Jacobs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The most profound words will remain unread unless you can keep the learner engaged. You can’t see their eyes to know if they got it, so… say it, show it, write it, demo it, and link it to an activity.”<\/p>\n

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James Bates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.”<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Fleming<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The most effective, successful professionals are constantly learning. They take the time to apply what they have learned, and they continually work to improve themselves.”<\/p>\n

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Joel Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Think about what your learners need to do with that information after the course is finished and design around that.”<\/p>\n

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Matthew Guyan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If learners think it looks bad, you may have lost a good percentage of the battle in getting them to pay attention.”<\/p>\n

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Patti Shank<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Think outside the box and create a learning experience where the learner can interact with the content and their brains.”<\/p>\n

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Rosalie Ledda Valdez<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The key to success is to appreciate how people learn, understand the thought process that goes into instructional design, what works well, and a range of different ways to achieve goals.”<\/p>\n

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Tim Buff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“In times where small instructor-led classrooms tend to be the exception, electronic learning solutions<\/a> can offer more collaboration and interaction with experts and peers, as well as a higher success rate than the live alternative.”<\/p>\n

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Keith Bachman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“People will only want to engage if it is relevant to their needs or helps them solve problems.”<\/p>\n

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Jane Hart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If learning material is designed to be highly relevant and delivered in context, then it is likely to be useful.”<\/p>\n

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Charles Jennings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The number one factor in engagement is relevance, because relevance drives out resistance.”<\/p>\n

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Clive Shepherd<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Stop thinking the answer to everything is to develop a course.”<\/p>\n

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Jane Bozarth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“What are learners supposed to do after learning the course? Figure that out and build the appropriate interactive elements.”<\/p>\n

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Tom Kuhlmann<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There are no refunds; learners cannot get their time back if we waste it.”<\/p>\n

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Michael Allen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Instead of packing as much information onto each slide as you can… spread [it] across multiple slides.”<\/p>\n

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Jonathan Schwabish<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Know your audience! Great eLearning design isn’t universal.”<\/p>\n

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Bianca Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Imagine you were delivering the content in front of an audience… talk to the learners in the same manner.”<\/p>\n

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Brooke Schepker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“What situation will arise where [the learner] is going to need to use the information? Tell that story.”<\/p>\n

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Diane Elkins<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Create realistic context… come up with real-world challenges… and show learners the consequences.”<\/p>\n

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Jackie Van Nice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We complain that learners want to be spoon-fed, but then we won’t let them hold the spoon.”<\/p>\n

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Jane Bozarth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Boring to make is boring to take.”<\/p>\n

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Lisa Stortz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If you continue training the same way you’ve always trained, don’t expect to get better results.”<\/p>\n

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Jim Crapko<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Successful and sustainable gamification<\/a> can convert customers into fans, turn work into fun, or make learning a joy. The potential is enormous.”<\/p>\n

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Brian Burke<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

15 Quotes on Learning by Great Thinkers<\/h2>\n
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“Where my reason, imagination, or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.”<\/p>\n

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Winston Churchill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”<\/p>\n

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Xun Kuang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”<\/p>\n

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Aristotle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”<\/p>\n

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Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”<\/p>\n

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Malcolm X<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.”<\/p>\n

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Claude Bernard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The goal of education is understanding; the goal of training is performance.”<\/p>\n

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Frank Bell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”<\/p>\n

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Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”<\/p>\n

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Henry Ford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”<\/p>\n

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”<\/p>\n

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Thomas A. Edison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.”<\/p>\n

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Mark Twain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”<\/p>\n

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Alvin Toffler<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”<\/p>\n

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Rudyard Kipling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”<\/p>\n

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Galileo Galilei<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

16 Motivational Quotes on Learning<\/h2>\n
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“People expect to be bored by eLearning – let’s show them it doesn’t have to be like that!”<\/p>\n

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Cammy Bean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”<\/p>\n

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George S. Patton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”<\/p>\n

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Richard Branson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”<\/p>\n

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Arnold Palmer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write reflectively about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.”<\/p>\n

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Arthur W. Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The only thing worse than training your employees<\/a> and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.”<\/p>\n

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Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The alternative to good design is always bad design. There is no such thing as no design.”<\/p>\n

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Adam Judge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Don’t design for everyone. It’s impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy.”<\/p>\n

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Leisa Reichelt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Design is so simple. That’s why it’s so complicated.”<\/p>\n

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Paul Rand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If you don’t know what you want to achieve in your presentation, your audience never will.”<\/p>\n

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Harvey Diamond<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Facts don’t persuade, feelings do. And stories are the best way to get at those feelings.”<\/p>\n

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Tom Asacker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”<\/p>\n

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Mike Tyson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Start with performance, end with performance.”<\/p>\n

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Richard Sites<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.”<\/p>\n

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John Holt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.”<\/p>\n

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R. Buckminster Fuller<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Technology is not a silver bullet. It’s only as good as the teachers… using it as one more tool to help inspire, and teach, and work through problems.”<\/p>\n

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Barack Obama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

7 Inspirational Quotes on Learning and Design<\/h2>\n
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“Online learning is not the next big thing, it is the now big thing.”<\/p>\n

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Donna J. Abernathy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Think like a marketer. Invoke emotion. Make it fun, sexy, interesting, and mysterious so that they WANT to learn.”<\/p>\n

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Mike Taylor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Learning experiences are like journeys. The journey starts where the learning is now and ends when the learner is successful. The end of the journey isn’t knowing more, it’s doing more.”<\/p>\n

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Julie Dirksen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.”<\/p>\n

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Seymour Papert<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Write, speak, engage from your heart, try not to be phony, and be sincerely curious.”<\/p>\n

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Ray Jimenez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If kids can be super engaged in video games, there’s a way for them to be super engaged in education as well.”<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”<\/p>\n

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Henry Brooks Adams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

To Sum Up<\/h2>\n

In the words of Sameh Elsayed, “The greatest challenges humans face throughout their lives are two:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. The challenge of where to start<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. The challenge of when to stop.”<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We hope this article gave you enough wisdom to get through these challenges, and you now know where to start your online courses and when to end them. To create them quickly and easily, get a free 14-day trial of iSpring Suite AI<\/a> now.<\/p>\n

    Good luck!<\/p>\n

    P.S. Make sure to bookmark this article to come back for more wisdom and your daily motivation cookie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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