“And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson, and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to... and then some!” MindTwoMotherCan DoStruggleSawsLessonsOvercomingGrandmotherHardshipInvaluableAmazing Woman Author:Gloria Estefan
“It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing-and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite - that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that.” MenShouldLittlesImportantLastsCan DoSimpleForgetTeachObjectsOughtLessonsThousandPureAll ThingsImportant ThingsPhotographCreditIntellectNineEnginesModestTelephonesNinetySteamPlagiarismNinety NineTelegraphSteam EnginesPhonograph Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“The kind of propaganda that some of the religious groups, aided and abetted by the opposition, put forth in that campaign utterly disgusted me. If I needed anything to show me what prejudice can do to the intelligence of human beings that campaign was the best lesson I could have had.” IfsHumansKindShowsCan DoReligiousHuman BeingsGroupsAtheismNeededLessonsPrejudiceCampaignsPropagandaOppositionShow MeDisgusted Book:The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Source: The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
“I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'” GivingSaidI CanRealCan DoSonDadLessonsPressureMy Son Author:Ringo Starr
“Ruminating about the past will get you nowhere. So go ahead and learn from the past whatever you can, and then put it behind you. Remember, there is nothing you can do to change it, but you can use its lessons to improve your future.” UsePastRememberTimeCan DoBehindsLessonsOur FutureYour FutureBehind YouLearn From The Past Author:Abraham J. Twerski