You must unlearn all the things that confine you to a mediocre life. We are fed false information by the institutions, media, people and the world around us about what is possible for us. May these quotes inspire you to unlearn the wrong things so that you may live your dreams.
1. “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” Gloria Steinem
2. “The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.” Antisthenes
3. “Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.” Larry Niven
4. “Transformation is often more about unlearning than learning.” Richard Rohr
5. “You must unlearn what you have been programmed to believe since birth. That software no longer serves you if you want to live in a world where all things are possible.” Jacqueline E. Purcell
6. “The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler
7. “When any real progress is made, we unlearn and learn anew what we thought we knew before.” Henry David Thoreau
8. “A good deal of education consists of unlearning – the breaking of bad habits.” Mary McCarthy
9. “Any change starts from unlearning what you already know.” Srishti Gupta
10. “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” Lao Tzu
11. “We have to learn in order to learn.” Anonymous
12. “Unlearn the lies we have inherited.” Anonymous
13. “Resist. Unlearn. Defy.” Jeff Hardy
14. “The ability to unlearn is one of the most important quality a leader can have.” Anonymous
15. “Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.” Leon Brown
16. “Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith because all things are possible to them that believe.” Jeffrey R Holland
17. “Your ignorance is their power. Learn and unlearn.” Anonymous
18. “You must unlearn what you have learned. You will know good from bad when you are calm, at peace, and passive.” Yoda
19. “Learning to unlearn is the highest form of learning.” Anonymous
20. “To design means forcing ourselves to unlearn what we believe we already know.” Alain de Botton
21. “Unlearn previously held beliefs and attitudes in order to go forward.” Anonymous
22. “Unlearn by doing.” Anonymous
23. “Learning is an external act. Unlearning is an internal one.” Jack Uldrich
24. “The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.” Seneca
25. “Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.” Bruce Lee
26. “The more you possess the more slavery you create around yourself. Freedom comes when you unlearn possessiveness.” Osho
27. “Unlearn the ways of the crowd and embrace the path of greatness.” ATGW
28. “I felt the need to unlearn my formal education.” Michael Cimino
29. “Practice the vocabulary of love – unlearn the language of hate and contempt.” Sathya Sai Baba
30. “We must unlearn what we learned because a conditioned mind cannot comprehend the infinite.” Anonymous
31. “Before people can begin something new, they have to end what used to be and unlearn the old way.” William Bridges
32. “Do not store in your brain useless information. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you full your mind with great thoughts.” Sivananda
33. “We should teach our children nothing which they shall ever need to unlearn; we should strive to transmit to them the best possessions, and the truest thought, the noblest sentiments. Felix Adler”
34. “We all would love sometimes to be free from our own knowledge.” Ernst Haas
35. “I believe in total immersion, if you want to be rich, you have to program your mind to be rich. You have to unlearn all the thoughts that were making you poor and replace them with new thoughts – rich thoughts.” Jordan Belfort
