"Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things."
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"Nobody can teach me who I am."
"You can't teach people anything. You can only draw out."
"Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are."
"The rock still has something to teach me."
"No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it."
"The lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us."
"Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood"
"Teach by works more than words."
"Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives."
"The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us."
"Teach principles not formulas."
"While you teach, you learn."
"Schools teach you how to work for money, but don't teach how to make money work for you"
"You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel."
"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing."
"As picture teaches the colouring, so sculpture the anatomy of form."
"What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most."
"Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom."
"Allow nature to teach you stillness."