Life Lesson Quotes - Page 4

No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.

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Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

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If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.

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The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

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The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

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What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

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Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

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Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

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A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

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Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.

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Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.

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They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.

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A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

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No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

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Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.

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One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

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If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.

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If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

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If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

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Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.

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Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

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At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

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Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

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If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.

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A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

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If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

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A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

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The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.

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Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.

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Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.

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

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

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

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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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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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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 distance between two minds is understanding.

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

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

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Do not waste your life away by wishing for days you may not even get to see.

Every day is precious as none of us knows when or where our journey will end.

When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.

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Casting a curious gaze down on planet Earth, extra-terrestrial beings could well be forgiven for assuming that we humans are programmed in every move we make, by a palm-sized, oblong, slab of glass. More perplexing than that, who on earth could convince them otherwise ?

Love knows the way because love is the way.

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Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

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The only place you will find love before sacrifice is in the dictionary.

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If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.

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