10 Inspirational Quotes for Foreign Languages Learners

Learning a language is not not only knowing about grammar and vocabulary. It is also to know about how that language is used to create and represent meanings and how to communicate with others to gain a better understanding of their culture. 'It also provides a cultural mirror in which we can more clearly see our society'.
These are 10 inspirational quotes for learning a foreign language:

“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”                          
‒Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“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
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”   
  ‒Ludwig Wittgenstein
“One language sets you in a corridor for life.  Two languages open every door along the way.”       
‒Frank Smith
“Learning a foreign language not only reveals how other societies think and feel, what they have experienced and value, and how they express themselves, it also provides a cultural mirror in which we can more clearly see our own society.”                                                         
‒Chancellor Edward Lee Gorsuch
“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”
‒Flora Lewis
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head.  If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
‒Nelson Mandela
“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.”  
‒ Rita  Mae Brown
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”
‒ Chinese Proverb

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