Quotes About Lessons

Vocally, I had never taken a lesson when I put out my videos. It was just a lot of fun. I had watched my dad play guitar, so I just sort of did the same thing.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war.

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

One of the lessons of Vietnam, which we failed to heed in the Iraq war and the Afghanistan surge, is that before you commit U.S. military forces to aid or assist, it is essential to know what you want them to achieve.

We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.

Here are a few things I've learned from Albert -- 1. Any food is fair game until it is actually swallowed by someone else. 2. Take a nap whenever you can. 3. Don't bark unless it's important. 4. Chasing one's tail is sometimes unavoidable.

Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.

Poetry is history to be protected, lessons to be learned, a path to change our society or prevent its demise.

I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.

Some of the hardest things you go through will teach you the most.

Life at the Excelsior had been a good training for life in general.

was their job to always hold tight to the past, to tell it to the young'uns.

It's history," I pointed out. "I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future. Hopefully, anyway

so many of the things we struggle with as human beings are not unique to our generation. There are lessons to be learned from those who've wandered these paths before us.

history is something not to be underestimated, and even if the present was gone, a shared history must be respected

Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.

Some stories will help you find happiness and truth. Some stories teach you not to make the same mistakes twice. These ones offer instructions.

Karma isn't a punishment, it's a teaching aid. The idea behind reincarnation is that for most of us one lifetime isn't enough to learn all the spiritual lessons we're signed up for. Karma gives us a chance to retake the classes we flunk. If we mess things up in one lifetime, we're allowed to come back and experience a similar situation—maybe from another angle—so we can learn the lessons we didn't get the first time.

Today's problems are yesterday's mistakes coming back to bite you in the ass.

The past is an inheritance, a gift and a burden. It can't be shirked. You carry it everywhere. There's nothing for it but to get to know it.

I can't believe you lied about chocolate, Mallory said. Lying about chocolate is... sanctimonious. Do you remember all those bad girl lessons you gave me? Amy rubbed the spot between her eyes where a headache was starting. You mean the lessons that landed you the sexy hunk you're currently sleeping with? Well, yes. But my point is that maybe you need good girl lessons. And good girl lesson number one is never tease when it comes to chocolate. -Amy and Mallory

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.

It was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we can change. Learning the lessons of the past is the only way to shape the present and the future.