#aught

When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#doing #gone #grade #had #i

When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughter's from the conflict with her. Throughout her life a mother retains this special need to maintain a good relationship with her daughter. ↗

— Terri Apter

#daughter #dose #double #empathy #good

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#away #believe #commit #corners #daughters

When my daughter, Clare, was 4, she told me that a school friend had told her what I did for a living. Clare asked me, 'Is it true you play Jack Rabbit?' ↗

— Peter Bergman

#daughter #did #friend #had #her

We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other - and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

#christ #christian #core #each #forces

I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#bad #being #compassion #discriminated #ever

When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing. ↗

— Amber Frey

#caught #doing #doing the right thing #everything #get

One thing that success has taught me is censorship. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#me #one thing #success #taught #thing

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that. ↗

— Erik Estrada

#couple #did #generosity #grandfather #hand

My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#daughter #guardian #her #i #mother