100+ Motivational Quotes For E-learning [2024]

Updated: January 19th, 2023

100+ Motivational Quotes For E-learning [2024]

E-learning is one of the most effective and economically affordable learning tools available today. More people choose this quick & accessible mode of learning to gain more knowledge or expertise about a particular subject or any field of education.

Building a successful e-learning classroom takes a lot of planning and hard work. It can feel like you're venturing into a new world.

To help educators and learners feel motivated, inspired, and determined, we've listed 100+ Motivational Quotes for E-Learning. These quotes may also serve as your guiding principles during the course.

E-Learning Quotes For Social Media

eLearning doesn’t just “happen”! It requires careful planning and implementation.


There are no refunds; learners cannot get their time back if we waste it. - Michael Allen


You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. - Galileo Galilei


The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. - Carl Rogers


Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats


Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.


Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today. - Dr. Jennifer Fleming


People will only want to engage if it is relevant to their needs or helps them solve problems. – Jane Hart


If you don't know what you want to achieve in your presentation, your audience never will. - Harvey Diamond


In visual design for eLearning, less is more. - Connie Malamed


Today is a great day to learn something new.


We’re only just scratching the surface of what’s possible. - Mike Rustici


Education without application is just entertainment. - Tim Sanders


Online education is like a rising tide, it’s going to lift all boats. - Anant Agarwal


Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key. - Tom Colicchio


Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person. - Shawn Heinrichs


Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi


Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. - Xunzi


Stop thinking the answer to everything is to develop a course. - Jane Bozarth


Online learning is not the next big thing, it is the now big thing. - Donna J. Abernathy


The world is a lot more interesting than "this is a button question" or "this is a multiple-choice question". - Ethan Edwards


Change is the end result of all true learning. - Leo Buscaglia


You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. - Richard Branson


Start with performance, end with performance. - Richard Sites


Education is a tarnished brand, but learning is pristine. - Lynda Weinman


E-Learning Quotes to Inspire

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. - Julie Dirksen


Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. - Anthony J. D’Angelo


Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in. - Leonardo da Vinci


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. - R. Buckminster Fuller


I envision better teaching methods and new education technologies that will revolutionize the classroom and encourage lifelong learning. - Bill Gates


One of the most important areas we can develop as professionals is competence in accessing and sharing knowledge. - Connie Malamed


Throw out some of that instructional design language and speak like a human being. - Cammy Bean


The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. - B.B. King


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. - Joel Gardner


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. - Tim Buff


Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. - Malcolm X


Be stubborn about your goals, but flexible about your methods.


Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. - Henry Ford


My true inspiration is my desire to share and learn from the members of the eLearning community. - Christopher Pappas


Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. - Nelson Mandela


We need to bring learning to people instead of people to learning. - Elliot Masie


Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. - Chinese Proverb


The future of e-Learning is wide open! Learning doesn’t just happen during business hours in the office or in the classroom. It happens everywhere through a number of different channels. - Eric Schuermann


It’s time to step up to the plate and get passionate about your work and 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. - Cammy Bean.


eLearning is changing. And, we will see new models, new technologies, and designs emerge. So, let’s drop the “e” – or at least give it a new and wider definition.- Elliot Masie


If you continue training the same way you've always trained, don't expect to get better results. - Jim Crapko


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. - Michael Allen


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 illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. - Alvin Toffler


Most of the important things in life I learned online, at work, from experience, or by talking to people. - Marushia Dark


Awakening Quotes for E-Learning

Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed. - Daphne Koller


When it comes to eLearning, content means everything. If eLearning content is not masterfully designed, all the rest will just go down the drain. - Christopher Pappas


We don't care what people know, we care what they do. It's all about performance. - Michael Allen


The most important principle for designing lively eLearning is to see eLearning design not as information design but as designing an experience. - Cathy Moore


Provide opportunities for an emotional connection to the content; invite conversations [and] create associations to personal experiences. - Mark Britz


The students of the future will demand the learning support that is appropriate for their situation or context. Nothing more, nothing less. And they want it at the moment the need arises. Not sooner, not later. Mobile devices will be a key technology for providing that learning support. - Dr. Marcus Specht


Online learning can be a lifeline to those who have obstacles, such as geographical distances or physical disabilities. - Paul Levinson


It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning. - Claude Bernard


Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners. - John Holt


If kids can be super engaged in video games, there’s a way for them to be super engaged in education as well. - Elon Musk


People expect to be bored by eLearning- let’s show them it doesn’t have to be like that! - Cammy Bean


Know your audience! Great eLearning design isn’t universal. - Bianca Woods


Online learning is rapidly becoming one of the most cost-effective ways to educate the world’s rapidly expanding workforce. Jack Messman


Think like a marketer…Invoke emotion. Make it fun, sexy, interesting, and mysterious so that they WANT to learn. - Mike Taylor


Technology will not replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational. - George Couros


If learning material…is designed to be highly relevant and delivered in context then it is likely to be useful. - Charles Jennings


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. - Seymour Papert


I feel there is so much more we can do in improving education, making it accessible, and understanding how technology can be a part of the solution. - Jim Breyer


To unlock the true potential of e-learning to train successful employees, it needs to be people-centered. - Simon Greany


In order to create an engaging learning experience, the role of the instructor is optional, but the role of the learner is essential. - Bernard Bull


Technology’s role is to support great teachings and learning by helping both learners and learning guardians be more successful. Jessie Woolley-Wilson


Boring e-learning fails to engage the learner’s mind, and without that basic motivation and action, nothing can happen even when the learner goes through all the required motions. - Ethan Edwards


The number one factor in engagement is relevance because relevance drives out resistance. - Clive Shepherd


At the end of the day, I think the more online educators there are, I think the better of the whole world is. - Anant Agarwal


If you want people to have fun, give them the day off. If you want them to learn, engage them with the content. - Karl Kapp


Best Quotes for E-Learning

In times where small instructor-led classrooms tend to be the exception, electronic learning solutions can offer more collaboration and interaction with experts and peers, as well as a higher success rate than the live alternative. - Keith Bachman


An organization's ability to learn and translate that learning into action is the ultimate competitive advantage. - Jack Welch


You deserve the opportunity to pursue your passions. Don’t be afraid of failing; you’ll learn more from it than you would have if you never tried at all


Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. - Dorothy Sarnoff


Learning should be accessible when you want it, where you want it.


Don't design for everyone. It's impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy. - Leisa Reichelt


Learn at your own pace!


Together we make education stronger, one degree at a time.


Learn what you want, when you want, and from everyone. 


Think out of the box and create a learning experience where the learner can interact with the content and their brains. - Rosalie Ledda Valdez


The freedom to learn wherever you are, at your own pace, and on subjects that interest you.


As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. - Bill Gates


The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. - Plutarch


The beauty of our online learning platform is that it’s flexible and multidimensional, so students can engage in a way that works best for their learning style.


It's pretty obvious that degrees will go away - Sebastian Thurn


Persisting beyond your learning curve and realizing that you’ve come a long way is what makes you a grower.


In business, what’s dangerous is not to evolve. - Jeff Bezos


You’re never too old to learn or grow.


Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. - Abigail Adams


Online learning empowers your employees to train with full autonomy and flexibility. It taps into the fundamentals of intrinsic motivation and allows each individual employee to control their own learning journey. - Andrew DeBell


That’s the beauty of online learning—there are no limits to how you learn and what you can achieve.


Making the most of new technology means taking something old, something too big to handle, and turn it into a focused and meaningful experience.


Learning shouldn’t be limited by location or time that’s why online learning is the best.


Start to learn today and make your life easier.


Get the skills you need, right when you need them. 


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Pat Walls