Top 1200 Moral Lessons Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great life lessons.

I'd like to share my experiences and the lessons I've learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses.

Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make people be moral, but they believe it can end poverty. Neither group attempts to explain why government is so clumsy and destructive in one area but a paragon of efficiency and benevolence in the other.

I saw the film 'Amadeus' from when I was five, which made me want to take piano lessons.

I'm so grateful for all the experiences I've had; the life lessons I've learned along the way are just completely invaluable.

Art itself is essentially ethical; because every true work of art must have a beauty or grandeur of some kind, and beauty and grandeur cannot be comprehended by the beholder except through the moral sentiment. The eye is only a witness; it is not a judge. The mind judges what the eye reports to it; therefore, whatever elevates the moral sentiment to the contemplation of beauty and grandeur is in itself ethical.

I used to have elocution lessons when I was growing up, and then it kind of got to the point where I was like, this is me.'

Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same.

I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...] Instead he kissed me.

CIA has learned some tough lessons, especially when asked to tackle missions that fall outside our expertise.

I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I'd logged 100 hours at the controls.

If there are lessons to be drawn from the sciences, then that should be the concern of everyone, including scientists to the extent that they can make a contribution.

Many beach locales offer surf lessons, and you get a different perspective of the ocean when you're out on the water.

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

I'd make all schoolchildren take ballet lessons every morning. And I'd ban advertising aimed at children.

I learned really valuable lessons from 'Blue's Clues.' I'd repeat them every day. 'You can do things. You are smart.'

In my view, Asian countries have learnt the lessons from the past and significantly enhanced their capabilities to fend off risks.

I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.

I've learned great lessons from my parents for things on the court and off. I really look up to them.

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.

I think we learn some of the greatest lessons in life from animals, whether it's love, suffering, or the value of silence.

As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.

I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

Psychoanalyses is like music lessons, for 5 years you do not notice any progress and suddenly you can play the piano.

My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.

My first lessons in comedy, how to construct a joke, I learned from Eileen Brennan, who had unbelievable timing.

If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate.

The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.

That was a good fight back in the gym,” he said. “But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.

I have heeded the lessons of the wise in that when life kicks me in the head, I turn to it my hind section also.

I started taking vocal lessons, I always loved the challenge of playing my instrument and trying to sing.

One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia?

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.

CONVICTIONS are lessons learned from experiences we’d never want to go through again, but wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.

I met a photographer who agreed to give me a few lessons; in exchange, I had to pose naked for him.

Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word ‘no’ mean to a child? Almost nothing.

Cosmic love is absolutely Ruthless and Highly Indifferent: it teaches its lessons whether you like/ dislike them or not.

I learned really valuable lessons from 'Blue's Clues.' I'd repeat them every day. 'You can do things. You are smart.

I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer.

I do have a lot of fire in me and could use some lessons on how to handle things more calmly.

I sincerely believe what happens in India has, I think, lessons, morals for the future evolution of humankind in the 21st century.

I'd encourage anyone at any level to take lessons, as it really can turn you into a different kind of skier.

I love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time.

In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured, a scholarly enterprise that had neither any simple, nor any single, moral or political agenda to promote. Its principal goal became one of deepening our understanding of how humans have been affected by their natural environment through time and, conversely, how they have affected that environment and with what results.

My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female.

I know as far as I'm concerned, I'm getting really excited about writing, and I'm taking guitar and vocal lessons.

History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed.

Yeah, it turns out that guys don't like deals on laser hair removal or pole dancing lessons.

I very rarely go back to do shows again. I'm done once I've learned the lessons I need to learn.

In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do this unless his moral judgement is part of the very act of seeing, and he is free to use it. I have heard it said that belief in Christian dogma is a hindrance to the writer, but I myself have found nothing further from the truth. Actually, it frees the storyteller to observe. It is not a set of rules which fixes what he sees in the world. It affects his writing primarily by guaranteeing his respect for mystery.

I got private lessons in keyboard at Julliard, before New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.

It's lovely to write for the youngsters because through your story, you can teach them the lessons of life.

One of the biggest lessons we can learn in life is to do everything possible to reach an accord with the individual we are having trouble with.

My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.

I wrote a study about this question, The Lessons of October, which served as a pretext for my elimination from the government.

My advice to new artists is to forget about all of this and take acting and dancing lessons and become a video star.