Taught Quotes

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Awareness means the capacity to see a coffeepot and hear the birds sing in one's own way and not the way one was taught.

The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. ... Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness.

If you wish to be popular in society consent to be taught many things you already know.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

I'm sharp... What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle. How to make something out of nothing.

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

Lo and behold! God made this starry wold, The maggot and the mold; lo and behold! He taught the grass contentment blade by blade, The sanctity of sameness in a shade.

I never taught people where to step on '2', because when I learned how to dance there was no '2'. We just danced to the music.

The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me.

A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

We are not saved by what Jesus taught, and we are certainly not saved by what we understand Jesus to have taught. We are saved by Jesus Himself.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

Highly fed and lowly taught.

Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.

The great need is for us to be taught theologically, not just stirred emotionally.

I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

In high school, I taught dance classes for 3-year-olds up to 16-year-olds, so between that and some bat mitzvah money, I saved up a pretty good nest egg to move to L.A.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.

The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper.

Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts.

I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

I was always taught to be hungry and humble.

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!

When I first broke into the acting industry, I taught spinning classes to support myself.

You have been taught that there is something wrong with you and that you are imperfect, but there isn't and you're not.

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love.

When peace like a river, attendeth my way / When sorrow like sea billows roll / Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say / It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have no master in man, have one in the Holy Spirit.

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

I was always taught my do's and don'ts: For do's I did, and for don'ts, I said I won't.

Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.

Investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business and How to Think About Market Prices

I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life.

Only self-educated is educated. Others are merely taught.