Quotes About Lessons

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

Stories first heard standing at a mother's knee, are never wholly forgotten, — a little spring that never quite dries up in our journey through scorching years.

You don't take a class; you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.

I learned in school that money isn't everything. It's happiness that counts. So momma sent me to a different school.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

In the stock market, when you are right, you make a little money; when you are wrong, you learn a lot of lessons, so you always win!

I should have known growing up and not having any money ever that I should have kept every dollar that I had.

Messages about money are passed down from generation to generation, worn and chipped like the family dishes.

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.

My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother.

Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us.

My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.

An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.

When I think about who influenced my life the most as a Leader, I think of my Mother. She, more than anyone, taught me how to lead with love.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.

Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.

I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.

There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.