If anything, my mother taught me how to sur-thrive. That's…

I don't thrive in a word-perfect environment.

— Zooey Deschanel

When i get home, I sit on the front step and take deep breaths of the cool spring air for a few minutes. My…

— Veronica Roth

My mother taught me to be honest no matter what situation takes place in my life, to be honest and to stay humble.

— Thiago Silva

Becoming a mother has taught me to simply things and also to appreciate being at home more.

— Shakira

One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and as long…

— Cathy Hughes

My mother taught children to love to dance.

— Abby Lee Miller

Mother had taught me dance steps from the time I was 3, and we were always singing and dancing around the kitchen table.

— Joey Heatherton

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for…

— Beyonce Knowles

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary…

— Faye Wattleton

I am a good sewer. My mother taught me how to sew.

— Nick Nolte

My mother taught us that ambition is part of femininity and really taught us to have substance but also style.

— Denise Morrison

I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success.

— Buddy Ebsen

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

— Eric Allin Cornell

My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it.

— Esai Morales

My mother taught me three things, respect, knowledge-search for knowledge, it's an eternal journey. That's like my hair-cut, the line, 360 degrees, find knowledge…

— Tupac Shakur