Taught Quotes

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I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach… — Louise Hay
I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir. — Elizabeth Moon
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to… — Luc de Clapiers
Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the… — Christine Gregoire
The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated… — William D. Leahy
The morality of clean blood ought to be one of the first lessons taught us by our pastors and teachers. The physical is the substratum… — William Tyndale
It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven to earth right… — Rob Bell
If my lips teach the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they may exasperate to… — Ned Kelly
Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example… — Sri Aurobindo
Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist… — Edward Said
For ten centuries Christianity, armed with the omnipotence of the Church and State and opposed by no competition, was able to deprave, debase, and falsify… — Mikhail Bakunin
I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much too seriously, and… — Nick Hornby
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I… — Khalil Gibran
Trust yourself. At the root, at the core, there is pure sanity, pure openness. Don’t trust what you have been taught, what you think, what… — Gangaji
The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth. — Maria Montessori
In addition to being a nurse, I'm also a small business owner and I taught at a local community college. I'm also a proud mother… — Diane Black
My summers at Apple had taught me that the secret to encouraging creativity and producing the best possible product was to keep people fulfilled and… — Marc Benioff
And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there does not exist… — Isocrates
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. — E. O. Wilson
I will be led and taught of the Holy Spirit. God desires full development, use and activity of our faculties. The Holy Spirit can and… — Unknown Author
My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different… — Betty Cuthbert
Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread." — Henry Ward Beecher
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. — Paul Desmond
I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you… — Stirling Moss
Ideas come as you walk, Nietzsche said. Walking dissipates thoughts, Shankara taught. — Emile M. Cioran

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