Life Lesson Quotes - Page 17

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

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If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

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Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

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The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.

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The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.

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You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

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Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

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Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.

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Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

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A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.

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Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

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The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

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If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

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A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

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Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

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Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.

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Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.

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If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.

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Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

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Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

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Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

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The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

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It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

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Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

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Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

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A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

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If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.

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It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.

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Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.

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Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.

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Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.

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A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.

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Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

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Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

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Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

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The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.

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The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone.

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The distance between two minds is understanding.

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In calm waters you still find sharks.

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Genius is in you, but like a seed, you determine whether it dies or grows.

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Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.

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It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.

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A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.

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A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

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In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.

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Lies spread quicker than truth because they have longer legs.

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When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.

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Life is the song you dance to when reality sings.

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Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.

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If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.

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Don’t be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.

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In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.

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Don't water anything that you don't want to grow in your life.

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No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.

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One fish in your net is better than a thousand in the ocean.

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When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

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Life is like a magnet: success attracts and failure repels.

Be slow to teach, and quick to learn. Avoid impious people, run from fools, and seek out the wise.

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People can hurt you, but you must still love. People can betray you, but you can still trust. People can put you down, but you must still rise. People can oppose you, but you can still prevail.

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The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.

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