30 Quotes on Studying & Learning an Actuary can Appreciate
Mark Farrell PhD FIA
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” ― Voltaire
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” ― Albert Einstein
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” ― Oscar Wilde
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” ― Thomas A. Edison
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ― Dr. Seuss
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” ― Albert Einstein
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ― William Shakespeare
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“Never memorize something that you can look up.” ― Albert Einstein
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” ― Oscar Wilde
“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.” ― George Carlin
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin
“This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.” ― George V. Higgins
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” ― Albert Einstein?
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” ― Dr. Seuss
“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.” ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.” ― John Green
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ― Mark Twain
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston S. Churchill
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ― Socrates
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ― Benjamin Spock
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer” ― Douglas Adams
“You never fail until you stop trying.” ― Albert Einstein
“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” ― W.C. Fields
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5 年Malik lakhal
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5 年I still can't explain to my kids what actuaries do :)
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5 年I can particularly relate to “Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra” After a long, frustrating study session where I make simple mistakes in my calculations and can’t solve a problem, it always surprises me how much I can recall and how the solution just comes to me after a good nights sleep.
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5 年Really it’s great quotes, thanks for sharing Mark!
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