Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to -… — Greg Louganis Copy Share Image
I got schooled this year by a boy. A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with. And… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“To be humble is to be teachable. Meek, not weak. The most humble people are the most aggressive leaders. Aggressive because to… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
Only when we fix our gaze on the heavenly things do we begin to understand the eternities. Only with the help of… — Carlos H. Amado Copy Share Image
If there is an art of living, it is not something that can be taught timelessly. We have lessons to learn from… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that God ever revealed to man, and all those… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. ... To make that the highest test… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What really matters in a workplace, what helps an employer if you've got a unionised workforce is if your shop stewards know… — Bill Shorten Copy Share Image
Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder… — Juan Donoso Cortes Copy Share Image
They say I'm young, but my purpose is the inspiration of a nation, innovation 'till I change the talk into a conversation.… — Tyler James Williams Copy Share Image
It has always been my opinion since I first possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Women are taught that their main goal in life is to serve others--first men, and later, children. This prescription leads to enormous… — Jean Baker Miller Copy Share Image
We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught… — Diana Lopez Copy Share Image
I really believe that women have much easier access to their souls than men do. Because as men we're taught to wear… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
My parents never forced things on my brother and me: not our faith, not our sports, not our friends. Yet they taught… — Amanda Borden Copy Share Image
He taught me there's a place on a man's back where, if you sink a blade in, you can pierce his heart… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
People have now a-days got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it; but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought;… — Anne Sullivan Macy Copy Share Image
The terrifying message of gay liberation is that men are capable of loving their brothers. It should be sweet news to every… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
The dream of a writer is to be surprised by his characters. All of a sudden, they are living their own lives;… — Jean-Claude Carriere Copy Share Image
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand… — Erik Estrada Copy Share Image
I first got interested in music as a toddler by my childhood babysitter, Rosetta Atkins. She taught me how to sing by… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was… — Amanda Burton Copy Share Image
I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
As a Dominican man, you're socialized to be a playboy. You spend a lot of time being taught that women are important,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
His wry sense of humour and his stalwart courage were an inspiring example to so many. His ability to laugh at Life's… — John McLeod Copy Share Image
We have all the freedoms we want. But what we are missing is red ink: the language to articulate our non-freedom. The… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
In the military, we are also taught to only use one third of the available decision-making time, so that our subordinates have… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Some people really need to be taught some manners," he said disdainfully. I stared up at him. "Would you really have gotten… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness,… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
