#taught

There are so many issues in society - we talk about the violence, the drugs, the unwanted pregnancies - but at the end of the day, it comes down to what we taught our children to be. ↗

— Allan Houston

#children #comes #day #down #end

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#fight #lie #me #mother #someone

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#capital #continue #entrepreneurs #father #great

I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#art #background #candy #child #culture

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#live #me #taught #think #thinking

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#centuries #danger #deaths #drama #expanding

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now. ↗

— Anita Hill

#able #again #am #being #i

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#charlie #dealers #first #ford #guy

'Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important. ↗

— Janis Ian

#child #doing #first #hard #i