Lessons Quotes

I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.

I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician.

I'd bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House.

The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.

I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.

Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it.

Yes, I was forced to take piano lessons for 8 years as a child.

I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I'm actually a little indignant, because I started taking singing lessons years ago - I put the time in!

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords.

No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.

When there were financial difficulties they still managed to provide us with music and art lessons.

My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.

I really didn't even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn't a bad thing when I look back at it.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.