Teachable Moments Quotes

“You cannot blame anyone else for What you do. You cannot blame your past for who you are. You are responsible for you. You make your own choices.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care: to whom you speak, of whom you speak, and how and when and where. Your loving mother, C. L. Ingalls.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town On The Prairie

“Story telling or teachable moments, provides us with a vast reference base of real life antidotes for possible future problems. They not only entertain and give us a resource of proven solutions, but they also help shape and mold our character. Therefore, when we don’t take our time to communicate with our kids, then we rob them of critical life lessons that we and our forefathers learn the hard way - lessons that they would needlessly have to learn through trial and error themselves.”
― Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“In these story telling moments we equip our children, with crucial solution tools for life. To deprive them of these necessary teachable moments is like denying a carpenter the tools of his trade.”
― Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“It's not always easy to admit that we can step out of the Lord's will when we want our own way. Yet, these are teachable moments to grow our faith in the dark. To live and learn. To be spiritually strengthened. To deepen our trust in Him, especially when His will and our will are opposite.”
― Dana Arcuri, Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark

“Parents need to see that every situation that their kids find themselves in is a teaching situation, and they need to take the time to explore cost and effect. So talking to your children, explaining things to children as to why things happen in the world. Getting them to see cost and relationships between events is the best way to increase comprehension skills. Daynette Gardiner, the best School Psychologist in The Bahamas.”
― Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“Eventually, you too will see the joy in the most teachable moments of despair, wrapped in darkness that ushers in redemption. Joy is sitting right next to sorrow.”
― Tekoa Manning, Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow: A Devotional to Awaken Joy During Times of Great Trials