Quotes of: Greatest-lesson Keyword

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

David Hume

The greatest writers have persistence.

Work

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

Kent McCord

Over the years since that time I seemed to fall back into sales as a mainstay of existence of some kind, and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. It has not always been rainbows and sunshine, but I have tried to gain knowledge from eve...

The Art of Sales Management: Lessons Learned on the Fly

Two-thirty comes during Testifying. It's Janine, telling about how she was gang-raped at fourteen and had an abortion.But whose fault was it? Aunt Helena says, holding up one plump finger. Her fault, her fault, her fault. We chant in unison. Who led ...

The Handmaid's Tale

The greatest tranquility is when we desire nothing.

Arabian

Collateral learning in the way of formation of enduring attitudes, of likes and dislikes, may be and often is much more important than the spelling lesson or lesson in geography or history that is learned.

Experience and Education

Those who can not adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit.

A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing

Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.

Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work

I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that's what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense of entitlement, maybe a little belt-tightening wouldn't be so tragic.

Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work

Your like Martha Stewart on crack,” my neighbor shouted as I stuck another cardinal in with the daisies.

Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning

A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.

The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives

Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission

The Bald Soprano and The Lesson: Two Plays -- A New Translation

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.

Eddie Van Halen

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons.

Marvin Hamlisch

I took lessons since I was little; I used to pay for my own singing lessons and take myself. Just take the bus when I was a kid and go. But I'd been writing music for years, since the smallest age.

Rebecca Ferguson

My theory is you shouldn't apologize for believing in an idea-channeling muse. You should just be sure to feed her.

22 Shelters: Lessons From Letters

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change