Even though most of us will agree that it is more and more important to speak English in it can be difficult to remain optimistic when the journey feels like a never-ending road trip with countless ups and downs.
So to ‘animarte’ the following quotes are a simple reminder that learning another language opens our minds and can lead to unforeseen opportunities.
❝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
❝One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.❞
‒Frank Smith
❝The limits of my language are the limits of my world.❞
‒Ludwig Wittgenstein
❝Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.❞
‒Sarah Caldwell
❝Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.❞
‒Chinese Proverb
❝You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.❞
‒Geoffrey Willans
❝To have another language is to possess a second soul.❞
‒Charlemagne
❝Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.❞
‒Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
❝Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.❞
‒Rita Mae Brown
❝Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.❞
‒Oliver Wendell Holmes
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