Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain.... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods.

Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.

A woman can't teach a man how to be a man. But she can teach you how to nurture, how to care, how to love, and how to give.

You can't say history teaches us this or that; it gives us more questions than answers, and many answers to every question.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.

The Gospel teaches us what Jesus' kingdom requires of us... Reminds us that closeness and tenderness are the rules of life.

All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

You can't be an American if you don't speak English. Our public schools should be mandated to teach all children in English.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.

Personally, I don't teach practices as such. The power of the teaching is sufficient without needing to go for any practice.

One way to learn to do something right is to do something wrong. Failure must teach us, or surely success will not reward us.

I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.

Nothing teaches you like getting leveled. And I got leveled in my early 30s. Nothing went exactly the way I thought it would.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.

I'm always responsible and a father, you want the best for your children. You push hard. You have to teach him things of life.

This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.

If you do not know the blessings you have when you have them, then Allah will teach you about them by taking them away from you

I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything. It comes from too long having to read into hardly anything at all.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

As parents, we teach our kids about things we feel competent in. That's why so many parents don't teach their kids about money.

I haven't met a person who takes a statin drug to lower cholesterol that I can't get off a statin once I teach them how to eat.

What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

Buddhism - Tibetan Buddhism - teaches us many things, peace comes from within, we must be free ourselves from earthly desires...

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.

I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I've never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it.

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

If you want an honest dialogue, you can't criticize someone for what they say. You can't teach someone to think in a certain way.

Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.

You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.

Besides the aesthetics, besides teaching an appreciation of T.S. Eliot, a basic need is fulfilled when you teach English at CUNY.

We need to teach our children empathy and care and love and communication and social responsibility in preparation for adulthood.

The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences.

Children teach you so much. You take another look at life when you have a child. Everything is new again for you. They ground you.

And others' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches, And most, of sterling worth, is what Our own experience preaches.

Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.

Now to what...? How we teach people to make choices and the things they're going to make choices over - that is culturally learned.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

You can not be afraid when you get to this level to teach. I don't care what level you're at, if you don't teach, you're worthless.

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