#lesson

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#firmly #highest #learns #lesson #progress

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#brought #everything #exists #great #kindergarten

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour. ↗

— Jose Marti

#bring #charity #denied #did #door

Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?' ↗

— Dannii Minogue

#acting #because #both #bringing #friend

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#always #art #be a man #beauty #beings

With the lessons taken from the financial crisis in 1997, the Republic of Korea has been able to surmount the global economic crisis rather successfully. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#been #crisis #economic #economic crisis #financial

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#lesson #parody #satire

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#lessons #proud #take #too

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#always #books #counselors #disinterested #hand

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#kids #learn #lessons #many #need