Life Lesson quotes
325 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about."
"The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything."
"Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life."
"The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived."
"'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin...' 'Exactly' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'"
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"Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
"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."
"Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question."
"There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start."
"Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains."
"We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success."
"Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging."
"To love someone whom you like is insignificant. To love someone because they love you is of no consequence. To love someone whom you do not like means you have learned a lesson in life. To love someone who blames you for no reason shows that you have learned the art of living."
"Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement."
"Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves."
"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
"Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters."
"And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet."
"But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself."
"Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach."
"Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before."
"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."
"What war has always been is a puberty ceremony. It's a very rough one, but you went away a boy and came back a man, maybe with an eye missing or whatever but godammit you were a man and people had to call you a man thereafter."
"We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all."
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things."
