Best mother & taught Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end!”

“My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.”

War Kids Mother Father Literature Games Taught Ten Lays Ancient Bridges Rome Eleven English Literature Pedestrians Ancient Rome War Games

Author:Bernie Taupin

“One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and as long as you feel that you're right with your creator and you're right yourself, then other people's opinions really don't matter.”

People Feels Children Long Matter Eye Mother Opinion Taught Creator Prize Eye On The Prize

Author:Cathy Hughes

“I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.”

Years Mother New York Taught Summer Southern Accents Broadway Modeling Southern Accent

Author:Nikki DeLoach

“My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.”

People Ifs Thinking Stills Important Mother Taught Agree Important Things Conviction Taught Us

Author:Jane Goodall

“I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today.”

Feels Stories Today School Remember Mother Father Parent Taken Taught Impact Hearing Ashamed Native Native American Grandparent Mother And Father Reservations Parents And Grandparents

Author:Chaske Spencer

“My mother taught me that family comes first. It is engraved on my heart.”

Firsts Heart Mother Taught My Heart Mma Engraved Family Comes First

Author:Cung Le

“More than any other personality trait, my mother seemed to be ruled by anger and sadness. She seemed to hate being a mother. Watching her unhappiness as I grew up made me conclude that the answer was to try and be as unemotional as I could, which many therapists have taught me is a bad idea. It also made me want to avoid marriage and having children.”

“The idea of feminine authority is so deeply embedded in the human subconscious that even after all these centuries of father-right the young child instinctively regards the mother as the supreme authority. He looks upon the father as equal with himself, equally subject to the woman's rule. Children have to be taught to love, honor, and respect the father, a task usually assumed by the mother.”

“Growing up on a farm taught me a reverence for all forms of life. We were a large and poor farm family, so that meant that we had to kill and eat our animal friends. When you do that you are aware of the sacrifice that someone is making so that you may live. My mother always made sure we were thankful for those precious gifts.”

May Made Form Mother Animal Poor Growing Up Growing Sacrifice Atheism Taught Positive Atheism Farms Reverence Precious Gifts Animal Friends

Author:Roger Fouts

“It is strange that of all the pieces of the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me the most to learn, and which was to my childish mind the most repulsive - Psalm 119 - has now become of all the most precious to me in its overflowing and glorious passion of love for the Law of God.”

Mind Law Mother Passion Pieces Taught Strange Cost Glorious Psalms Love Passion

Author:John Ruskin

“Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven, that taught us to walk in the path of duty.”

Kind Country Mother Religion Heaven Walks Virtue Path Taught Duty Nursing Taught Us

Book:Pensées of Joubert

Source: Pensées of Joubert

“I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl. And I was born to my mother and I was born a girl. All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way.”

People Way Stills Mother Desire Girl Born My Own Steps Generations Taught Daughter Opposites Misery Raised Chinese My Daughter Bitterness Up And Down Stairs

Author:Amy Tan

“It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.”

Mother Three Journey Taught Cat Three Times Omen Lieutenants Spats Good Omens

Book:Mårbacka

Source: Mårbacka

“... my mother and father ... raised nine of us and taught each to do our best ... We tried.”

Mother Father Taught Raised Nine Mother And Father

Author:Eunice Kennedy Shriver

“My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.”

Mother Taught Mental Power

Author:Nikola Tesla

“I had this whole hippie idea of how easy raising a baby would be. How he would just eat and sleep and listen to Mozart, and I could just go on with my life the way it was. I was very wrong. It [being a mother] has taught me to be present and to live inside my body rather than in some out-there fantasy world.”

World Way Ideas Whole Body Would Be Mother Easy Sleep Fantasy Taught Baby Goes On Hippie Being A Mother Fantasy Worlds

Author:Chiara Barzini

“I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but really as I go through life I realise it was my mother who gave me the most valuable instructions. I didn't understand or accept it at the time. She taught me to read and to pray - two things that have really stayed with me.”

Wells Two Mother Father Accepting Taught Praying Models Valuable Two Things Realising Instruction

Author:Patti Smith

“My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all.”

“The world you live in is 100 percent your own responsibility. If you don't like your world, it doesn't work to say, "Well, it's my mother's fault. She taught me how to think."”

Ifs Thinking World Wells Mother Responsibility Taught Like You Percent Faults

Author:Byron Katie

“My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework, see? Nothing. Our existence she said is the same way. You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6 pm you make the same mistake over and over you stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you'll forget why.”

Ifs Way Said Mother Loses Forget Existence Mistake Watches Example Taught Calling One Day Wake Up Tricks Repeats Sunset Over You Routine Homework Sameness Monotony Same Mistakes Pms

Author:Phil Kay

“As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become.”

Want Persons Matter Moments Shows Today Mother Strong Community Four Taught Shapes Family Friends Single Mother

Author:Andie MacDowell

“I think that I was raised by two of the best people ever. My mother and father are just the definition of hard work, like what hard work brings to you. Theyve taught me and my brothers and sisters to set your goals high and to give everything to reach them.”

People Thinking Giving Two Hard Mother Father Goal Taught Brother Hard Work Raised Definitions My Brother Brothers And Sisters Mother And Father

Author:Josie Loren

“My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.”

Believe Mean Mother Animal Dog Taught Grew Grew Up Cat Fishes Consideration Rats Snakes Spiders Wildlife Deserving Taught Us Cat And Dog

Author:Joanna Lumley

“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.”

Firsts Littles Use Eye Able Mother Bits Voice Challenges Acting Taught Little Bit Aspect My Family Grandfather My Grandfather

Author:Keith Coogan

“Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.”

Children Hands Mother Roles Childhood Taught Dad Trade Apprenticeship

Author:Carol Bly

“My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as I'm a good person I'll stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you “No” it's only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I don't give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what they've taught me.”

“My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.”

Knows I Can Mother Strong Taught Victim Excuse Never Expect

Author:Beyonce Knowles

“My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.”

“Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.”

Christian Mother Deals Taught Praying Orthodox Devoted

Author:Dominique Moceanu

“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.”

Knows Looks Persons Enough Hands Mother Water Taught Needed Fit Bowls Palms

Book:Incantation

Source: Incantation

“My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.”

Knows Men Needs Hard Mother Taught Humour Hard Work Dad My Dad Decent Decent Man Headmasters

Author:James Nesbitt

“My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.”

Mother Example Taught

Author:Marie Osmond

“My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.”

School Mother Father Parent Rooms Class Teacher Taught Brother Beloved Grandmother Latin My Grandmother Sociology Librarian Geography County School Teachers Knobs Precursor Geography Teachers

Author:Sam Abell

“The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that.”

Thinking Firsts Children Used Mother Felt Sides Taught Connected Credit Forests Native Native American Cathedrals

Author:Alice Walker

“When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect pitch and harmony and how to write music and all that. At that time, one of the homeworks was to listen to all the sounds and the noise of a day and transfer that into musical notes.”

Writing Years School Mother Sound Perfect Taught Harmony Notes Musical Noise Homework Transfers Music Education Musical Notes

Author:Yoko Ono

“The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resources of both parents. It has taught us that as their earnings and success increase, men become "more manly," while women become "less feminine." This perverse cultural dynamic gives fathers an incentive to stay away from their families and kill themselves at work, while coercing mothers to limit their career commitment, which in turn limits their wages and shortchanges their families.”

“REDEF is dedicated to my mother, who nurtured and encouraged my interest in everything and slightly regrets the day she taught me to always ask 'why?'”

Mother Asks Interest Taught Regret Dedicated

Author:Jason Hirschhorn

“Women are taught that their main goal in life is to serve others--first men, and later, children. This prescription leads to enormous problems, for it is supposed to be carried out as if women did not have needs of their own, as if one could serve others without simultaneously attending to one's own interests and desires. Carried to its "perfection," it produces the martyr syndrome or the smothering wife and mother.”

Source: Toward a New Psychology of Women

“What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for more than ten minutes at a time.”

Knows Writing Mother Perfect Rooms Minutes Taught Willing Ten

Author:Emma Donoghue

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