Teaches Quotes

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.

But time growing old teaches all things.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

The only thing experience teaches you is what you can't do. When you start, you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired.

In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.

I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable their inward meaning and therefore I think we need be in no hurry to attempt to teach new converts all that we think we know about them.

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.

In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.

I believe God created sports for a good reason. It's recreation. It's something that we enjoy. It teaches us a lot as well... I believe God is a sports fan.

When one teaches, two learn.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the most important skill to have. I remember as a kid going around the table listening to everyone's day. It was hard to have the manners not to interrupt back then.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.