#earn

If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented. ↗

— Stephen King

#money #payment #professional #publishing #talent

Music is stored in our long-term memory. When we learn something through music, we tend to remember it longer and believe it more deeply. Dr. Joyce Brothers ↗

— Joyce Brothers

#music #music

For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#instinct #learning #nature

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #courage

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#mentoring #parenting #teacher #parenting

Life lessons cannot be applied topically. ↗

— Linda Robinson

#life-lessons #life

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man which it forms. If it injures the intelligence, it is bad; if it injures the character, it is vicious; if it injures the conscience, it is criminal. ↗

— Amiel

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #education

If we let go of the past, we will never learn from our mistakes. ↗

— Sarah van Waterschoot

#life #past #life

Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms―overcast skies, fierce winds, and pelting rain. You were meant to be immersed in it all―first to float, then swim, and eventually to walk on water. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#growing #growth #hardships #learning #life

One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#life #life-lessons #life