Quotes About Lessons

The great things of life are what they seem to be, and for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, are often difficult to interpret. But the little things of life are symbols. We receive our bitter lessons most easily through them.

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

that is one of the great secrets of life. Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

Every experience is of value.

We have learned that history is something that takes no notice whatever of our expectations.

It's right to learn, even from the enemy.

Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.

You make me thank god for every mistake I ever made, Because each one led me down the path that brought me to you.

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

But by the time we're in our thirties, I believe we should strive to own and respect who we are, regardless of our struggles and difficulties. After all, even every little and big mistake, like every scar, can be a lesson in humility—one of the greatest gifts of all.

Every relationship we have in our lives, whether it lasts five hours with a stranger on a plane or fifty years with our soulmate, is meant to teach us something.

Love should almost never make you cry. If you've sobbed or had too many drinks or felt your stomach knot up over a guy more than once for every month you've been together, this is not the love you were meant to have. Thank him for the lessons and move on.

Through difficult daily lessons you will sometime see clearly that bad habits nourish the tree of unending material desires, while good habits nourish the tree of spiritual aspirations.

Now, he can see what he's been trying to do: to bargain with grief. Behind all this frenetic activity there's been the hope that if he keeps his promises there'll be no more pain. But he's beginning to understand that grief doesn't strike bargains. There's no way of avoiding the agony – or even of getting through it faster. It's got him in its claws and it won't let go till he's learnt every lesson it has to teach

Hurt is a great teacher, maybe the greatest of all.

Lydea found Mag's knowledge astonishing, and had gotten into the habit of taking lessons with the prince. They helped each other study, sometimes with the aid of puppets.

Here is a method that deserves a whole chapter. Read history! Try to get the viewpoint of ten thousand years—and see how trivial YOUR troubles are, in terms of eternity!

The lessons I taught you, the tradition I have passed on, all that you heard me say or saw me do, put into practice; and the God of peace will be with you (Phil. 4:9, NEB).

History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that the strange ideas we deride today will one day be our celebrated truths.

So you mean that even having the power to interfere and prevent your child feel pain, you would choose to show their love letting him learn his own lessons? - Sure, pain is part of growing up. It's how we learn. The camerlegno shook his head. - Exactly. p.89

Então, quer dizer que, mesmo tendo o poder de interferir e evitar que seu filho sentisse dor, você optaria por demonstrar seu amor deixando-o aprender suas próprias lições? - Claro, a dor é parte do crescimento. É como aprendemos. O camerlengo sacudiu a cabeça. - Exatamente. Cap. 89

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