Life Lesson Quotes

Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

I'm albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community.

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.

Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

To be alive──is Power.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.

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.

It's always better to be real.

The man who is intoxicated with life does not pass judgment, does not seek to come to a conclusion, does not impose his message on the world.

At a brunch potluck, I realize that I do, in fact, hate everybody.

If you're a bird, be an early bird. But if you're a worm, sleep late.

Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

It's not your job to get people to like you, it's your job to like people.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work.

Speaking of friends, the best ones always have your back.

Haters can keep on hating.

I learned it by doing it, and I was scared to death.

never say never see what is possible if you never give up

Short cuts make long delays.

I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.

Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.

Being single can pave the way for new opportunities.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.

Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.

Many times you will fail. That is the nature of the world, and the truth of life. But when you find your horse again, will go back or will you go forward?

You look how you look

You can have it all without suffering from a meltdown.

I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all.

Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did.

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life.

Do your homework and know your facts, but remember it's passion that persuades.

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I'm actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they in turn were my life lessons.

Where there is life, there is hope.

But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.