Lesson Quotes

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.

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.

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.

I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

Good is not enough. You've got to be great.

In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave

No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.

Be big, fast and flexible.

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

If there is a book you want to read but isn't written yet,write it.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

To be alive──is Power.

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.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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

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.

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.

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

A different species a different set of values a world completely unlike your own. There is a feeling you can only get when you meet the unknown and open your mind. - Nakajima (Gin no Saji)

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

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

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

Haters can keep on hating.

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.

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

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

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

Short cuts make long delays.

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

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