Life Lesson Quotes

Rule Number One is this: If you're open to learning, you get your life-lessons delivered as gently as the tickle of a feather. But if you're defensive, if you stubbornly persist in being right instead of learning the lesson at hand, if you stop paying attention to the tickles, the nudges, the clues - boom! Sledgehammer. ~ Gay Hendricks

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The teachers that we actually learn more from are the ones that taught us life lessons more than trigonometry. And they have such a huge responsibility and they're under-appreciated and underpaid. So that's my opinion of teachers. ~ Justin Timberlake

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them. ~ Carl Jung

I've always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for. ~ Lena Dunham

Fate often allows a future to take shape with no regard for our expectation, plan, or readiness. Fate's skillful editing of our life choices is like the careful grooming of lads on their first day of school: combed, polished, scrubbed, newly dressed, and glowing too. This is how we become ready for our life lessons. ~ David Richo

You can not fix everything. You can not fix most of what's wrong. But you can try. And it is in trying that you learn who you are. ~ Kirsten Beyer

There is a lesson we learn early and harmlessly, or late and traumatically - that there are things we can break that our parents can't fix. ~ Robert Breault

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it ~ James Bryce

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. ~ Joseph Campbell

We often search for the gold in our life but we fail to understand that all glisters are not gold, When we understand our mistake it's too late, So never run after anything, Just wait for the right time to get the best in life. ~ Debolina Bhawal

Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. Anger is a form of recognition. It amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. Actually, they haven't. ~ Ayn Rand

Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good. ~ Nicholas Winton

Altering your perspective can provide you the luxury of seeing things for what they are, not what you wish them to be. ~ Truth Devour

You are not remembered for who you pull down, but who you lift up. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don't have to be in chains to be a slave. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain't ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences. ~ Dash Mihok

If you want to know someone, get to know them when they are poor; but if you truly want to know them, get to know them when they are rich. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A man cannot be blamed for ignorance if he has never been taught. ~ Rose

[ ... ]one should act as if the things he cherished the most were already lost or broken. ~ H.J. Brues

Does the person you're throwing those words at have as much strength to catch catch them as you did to throw them? Would you be able to get the pass back just a powerful? ~ Audrey Regan

The spirituality of the soul is awakening of spirit. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If someone wanted to have a grudge against me, or didn't agree with my lifestyle, the way I breathed, the space I took up on this planet, they had an open door to 'report' to the powers that be. ~ Mark Alders

Humor is a tool to ease the harsh realities of life. ~ Ken Poirot

He would eventually have to pass through the forest, but he felt no fear. Of course - the forest was inside him, he knew, and it made him who he was. ~ Haruki Murakami

I knew I was putting you under immense pressure when I rejected your work the other day. I set an impossible deadline - yet you have met it with work that I can only call outstanding. As your teacher, I had to push you to your limits so that you could recognize your own true potential. ~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education. ~ Thomas Jefferson

This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay. ~ Paul Begala

Anybody that makes fun of me, I'm like, 'Yeah, and then I got touched by Hugh Jackman' ~ Jennifer Lawrence

Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith. ~ T.D. Jakes

Before leading us onto the path of success and glory, the Universe tests how serious we are to pursue our dream...how passionate we are. And, it has a very interesting way to find out. Example, after much cajoling and inspiration, when we start our fitness regime, exercising, yoga, etc, our body starts aching on 2nd or 3rd day...so much so that we find it difficult to walk...and as a result...we stop our fitness regime. So, nature filters us out. Then there is the 2nd level of filtering. Within 10-15 days of embarking our fitness regime, we come across a situation when we are required to travel or attend a function or report at workplace early or work till late in the evening. After this gap of 3-4 days, many people don't resume exercising.

When you want to pursue your dreams...you will be deprived of resources and will find yourself surrounded by naysayers and negative thinkers. Result: You stop pursuing your dreams.
The key is – "Never ever give up". Believe in Yourself. Let the Universe know that you will pursue your dream and goal, no matter what. ~ Sanjeev Himachali

You only walk this path once. Make sure you take time to stop and enjoy the nice things. You can't smell last years roses. ~ Jury Nel

If you feel that there is something more for you, that there is something more in this life that is meant for you, if you believe that, if you feel your bones ache at night echoeing this yearning back at you; then by all means, go and find it! ~ C. JoyBell C.

People who say, "it is not my fault," continuously fail. People who say, "I've done no wrong," have not done enough right. People who say, "I am done!" are never done repeating the cycle. Even in the privacy of our own thoughts, we can't sow lies and reap truth. ~ Katina Ferguson

I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities of people that teach them great life lessons like self-confidence and courage. And getting girls to go to camp especially in the summer where they can meet new friends, learn new things, and not just sit at home and watch TV. ~ Shawn Johnson

Meet people where they are at in life.
The rest handles itself. ~ Jill Telford

Live if you want to be knowledgeable. Love if you want to be wise. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never resist a generous impulse. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The purpose of life is to survive,to grow,to accept and adapt changes that happens...And addition to human is to exercise his free will, to learn from experience,to make the most of his time,to live well and to reap what he sow in this life. ~ Balenti Peco Ramos

The riper a tree's fruit, the more stones people cast at it. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can. ~ Joe Mantegna

Winning is an inside job. A person who achieves victory is the one that first wins his or her internal battles. ~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Have the mind of a fox, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swan, and the soul of a dove. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is measured by - the ones left behind? Or his Faith? By Love? or by the people aside you? Or it has no meaning at all? ~ Aman Jassal

Hair matters. This is a life lesson Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you. ~ Hillary Clinton

Can't you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow.
"You don't need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get. ~ L. Frank Baum

The gods made the world round so that we could never see too far into our own futuer. ~ Kirsten Beyer

Sometimes just getting through each day requires almost superhuman strength. ~ Jojo Moyes

The New testament commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each other, teach each other, accept each other, honor each other, bear each other's burdens, forgive each other, submit to each other, be devoted each other, and many other mutual tasks. This is biblical membership! ~ Rick Warren

Each stage of your life
is like petals of a flower...
unfolding and opening until it comes to full bloom...You will blossom and then you die...But know that this is not your ending. ~ Summerlyn Guthrie

Don't think you can relax yourself to happiness. Happiness comes as a result of doing. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one," and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along. ~ Emily Yoffe

It is easier to fall off of a ladder than to climb one. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Every so often, let your spirit of adventure triumph over your good sense. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world. ~ Steve Jobs

never use sarcasm in an email ~ Matthew Lasar

You become what you allow yourself to become. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Raise your thoughts and you can raise your life. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball. ~ Billie Jean King

Is this not the reason I write, to leave a piece of me behind? ~ Aisha Mirza

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. ~ Steve Jobs

By standing alone,
you prove your courage.
By standing with others,
you prove your love.
By standing with truth,
you prove your virtue.
By standing with God,
you prove your faith. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Being alive hurts. I have found it best not to rush for the aspirin bottle. - A Severed Wasp ~ Madeleine L'Engle

In Life, What Would Be Best For You, You Know It Best ... ~ Muhammad Imran Hasan

Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again. ~ Athol Fugard

Life Lesson 8: Change is always hard, but time softens the rough edges and eases the pull of the past. Eventually, we all climb out from under the bed, and even the most unfamiliar places begin to feel like home. ~ Patti Davis

My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything. ~ Jesse Lauriston Livermore

And as an artist, as someone who writes stories and tries to make words into beautiful forms, it's vitally important to me, especially in a culture that's forgotten the value of beauty. It's a primary source or inspiration, I guess, when so much of what goes on around you is only about money and big swinging dick capitalism. It's important for blokes to be able to do beautiful stuff, impractical stuff, that adds to life. That's an early life-lesson from surfing.
~ Tim Winton

You must not only exist in the world, live life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

So, Don't Mix Up Your Way To Write Your Life Story With Others, Then Definitely It Won't Sell. You Only Know What You're Encountering In Every Single Step. Everyone's Shoes Won't Fit In Your Feet ... ~ Muhammad Imran Hasan

What I can do, I will do. What I can't do, I will surrender to the one that can. ~ E'yen A. Gardner

Being kind takes more heart than effort. ~ Jodi Livon

Having high resilience does not mean it doesn't sometimes sting. ~ Aisha Mirza

You want to know the great thing about today, it doesn't care about what you did or didn't do yesterday or what you're going to do tomorrow, it only cares about what you do right now. ~ Noel DeJesus

Life lesson number 12: As your life changes, change you rules accordingly. Nothing is set in stone when it comes to living.
-Park ~ Cheryl McIntyre

Every fiction has its base in fact. ~ Gayle Forman

Everything in life, the good and the bad, happens for a reason. You shouldn't question it, you should accept it, and take it as a life lesson, because maybe, just maybe, that bad experience is leading you down the road to the greatest adventure of your life. ~ Micalea Smeltzer

Destiny plays its cards in a way that no one can comprehend. ~ Anurag Shourie

The sacred moment! ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

God makes no mistakes. In all our trials and dramas there are lessons. Life is not a playground but a classroom. Our journey through life provides the course work and the tests needed for our education and development. ~ Susan L. Taylor

life is not about distance , it's about direction ~ Divya Prakash Dubey

For under scrutiny you will find that even an open book can have a surprise scribbled in its margins. ~ Violet Haberdasher

You see? This is why you don't get mixed up in people's lives. Because the living are messy and complicated, and things end up going to hell one way or another, every time. ~ Megan Crewe

"Mom, Arnie Welsh keeps calling me a geek. He says it like it's a bad thing. Is being a geek a bad thing?"
"Of course not, Soda Pop. And don't listen to labels. They don't matter."
"What are labels?"
"It's an imaginery sticker people slap on you with the word they think you are written on it. It doesn't matter who they think you are. It matters who you think you are."
"I think I might be a geek."
She laughed. "Then you be a geek. Just be whatever makes you happy, Soda Pop, and I'll be happy too. ~ Samantha Young

There is only one predator more formidable than a lion: fear. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't put yourself in situations you'd like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself. ~ Lena Dunham

I don't need my
Other-half,
I'm not a
HALF... ~ Natasha Jain

It's a lesson in life - don't look back, you'll trip over. ~ Michael Caine

Love holds the key to every heart. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I didn't understand at the time why Vince was so interested in teaching me life lessons when all I was trying to do was get my video played. But now I think it's because he saw a little bit of himself in me. Just like me, he was a rebel who listened to no one and did whatever it took to get the job done, pissing people off with his stubbornness and drive in the process. Therefore, he was trying to teach me how to better myself instead of repeatedly getting into trouble by rubbing people the wrong way. ~ Chris Jericho

There was a time when I do not understand poetry. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life lesson: looks plus don't-give-a-fuck confidence mean you can have anything you want - any ~ Lauren Beukes

You may have heard the old story, usually attributed to a Native American elder, meant to illuminate the power of attention. A grandfather (occasionally it's a grandmother) imparting a life lesson to his grandson tells him, "I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful, fearful, envious, resentful, deceitful. The other wolf is loving, compassionate, generous, truthful, and serene." The grandson asks which wolf will win the fight. The grandfather answers, "The one I feed. ~ Sharon Salzberg

Which people show you an attitude, they people have not an aptitude ... ~ Dhiren Prajapati

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. ~ Thomas Holcroft

Sometimes Silence Is Better In Explaining Something Than Words ... ~ Muhammad Imran Hasan

I've allowed myself to lead this little life, when inside me there was so much more. ~ Willy Russell

And here's a life lesson for you, Miss Anderson. I'm not pretending. ~ L. H. Cosway