Lesson Quotes

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

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.

Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.

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

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 can have it all without suffering from a meltdown.

You look how you look

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.

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

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

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.

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.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

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.

Tomorrow, smile at a perfect stranger and mean it.

This is what I've learned, in my life: Headbanging is crucial. Growing up is hard to do. There's nothing wrong with wearing a dress.

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do.

I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.

Lesson learned: If a guy tells you you're his second choice, don't make him your first.

How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em.

Become someone's hero.

There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you.

All is pattern, all life, but we can't always see the pattern when we're part of it.

A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.

You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.

Knowing God is like listening to beautiful music. His words have power. He lifts me up & soothes my soul. He makes me dance. He gives me joy.

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance.

They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.

The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.

My greatest life lesson has been to not wait for the opportunities to come to me. I realize how important it is to be proactive and to create the opportunities myself.

Why is balance important? From a life lesson standpoint, it's about learning to enjoy yourself without getting the ego involved.

Never laugh at anyone's dreams.

Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset.

To hell with luck. I'll bring the luck with me.

Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them

Never Say Never if you know you can do what you love don't give up.

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

One cannot shape the world without being reshaped in the process. Each gain of power requires its own sacrifice.

Celebrate even small victories.

Believe in love at first sight.

Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

Ask someone you'd like to know to list five people they would most like to meet. It will tell you a lot about them.