Quotes to inspire you in your English learning

Read these wise words to give your English learning a boost!

Learning English can be a long journey, so here are some inspirational quotes to help you along the way.

The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself.
Sandra Cisneros, writer

Every word is a bird we teach to sing.
Daniel Tammet, writer

If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
Yao Ming, basketball player

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things but learning another way to think about things.
Flora Lewis, journalist

There are so many things that motivate me to continue learning. One is my own desire to learn new things and really expand my horizon and my knowledge and information about the world.
Malala Yousafzai, activist

There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower.
David Crystal, linguist

I am more confident with my English now … I had to do a short interview with, I think, Reuters from France. I was so nervous. I practised memorising three sentences for two hours. But, I think that these kinds of interviews make me develop a lot and that helps me. I like learning.
RM, leader of BTS

English is the most spoken language in the world and it just gives you a chance to communicate with so many people from other cultures, and I'm not speaking just about the English but worldwide.
Vincent Kompany, football player and manager

You are as many people as the languages you speak.
Hungarian proverb

Discussion

Which quote did you like most, and why? Do you know any other quotes or sayings about language learning?

Language level

A2 Pre-intermediate

B1 Intermediate

B2 Upper intermediate

C1 Advanced

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things but learning another way to think about things.
Because learning the another language is learning another culture

The quote I have liked is given below:

"There are so many things that motivate me to continue learning. One is my own desire to learn new things and really expand my horizon and my knowledge and information about the world."

-Malala Yousafzai, activist

The reason of liking it is that is my desire which helps me to go ahead by turning all the negative comments into my power.

Yes, I know a quote and that is here:

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart."

- Nelson Mandela

Speaking more than language is like viewing the world through a different lens.
----Mustafa Arman

´There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower´´, that is really beautiful quote. It's make me force to learn and non stop.

´There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower´´, that what I loved the most. It make me embrace my accent as it is, like such a beautiful flower.

I like this quote: "If you're going to learn a newlanguage, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go".

I agree because, if you stop talking thinking your vacabulary is not the best one, you'll miss the opportunity to comunicate and, in communication, if you don't know the perfect word, you can use another one, and your idea is anderstood as well. You don't have to be perfect, you have to be understood and, little by little, you are going to absorb new vocabulary, and your confidence will grow.

This was lovely one for me🥰🥰🥰

The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself.
Sandra Cisneros, writer

Because I feel the truth in this words.

Once I've heard a wisdom motivational phrase about learning English. I can't recall from the top of my head the precise words but I'll try to express the main meaning of it. Learning and understanding English helps you to see world in a very different side. It's like you were looking just in a one window and now you have the ability to see through hundreds windows around you.

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things but learning another way to think about things.
Flora Lewis, journalist