Quotes About Lessons

But then again, maybe bad things happen because it's the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. —WALLACE STEGNER, THE SPECTATOR BIRD

there were things I knew for sure: That I had been loved, once, and had loved back. That a person could find hope in the way a weed grew. That the sum of a man's life was not where he wound up but in the details that brought him there. That we made mistakes.

history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning? If not me, then who?

I'll tell you something about that war, Billy. With great respect to all the men who died. I don't think it was worth the fighting. Too many good men perished. For what? Is the world a better place for their sacrifice? You know what's going on in Spain and Germany. Has anyone really learned the lessons? It was supposed to be the war to end wars. Do you see any sign of that?

And never mind that the lessons he meant to be helpful, his students always make people miserable with, and flunk anybody that disagrees with them!

What you learn is often determined by what you need to know. If you think you're weak, you will learn that you are strong. If you think you are indestructible, you will learn that you are fragile. In the end though, you will learn that you are human. You are no more and no less than all those who are learning their lessons as you learn yours.

Learn from examples in history lest thou be made an example

One of the significant lessons in my life was given me by Abraham Low, the founder of Recovery, Inc. He said that "intellectualizing about our problems is complex but easy, while doing something about them is simple but difficult." Shame-based intellectuals love to analyze.

Christian may have entered the Valley of Humiliation overconfident and puffed up with false pride, but he departs with humble reliance on the Word of God and prayerful gratitude to the Lord of the Highway who has come to his aid and saved him from the Destroyer. He goes forward with his sword drawn. He has learned his lesson and now relies consciously on God's Word for protection. 5.

Mark Twain said, "We should be careful to get out of an experience all the wisdom that is in it—not like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

Rule #1: You will learn lessons. Rule #2: There are no mistakes—only lessons. Rule #3: A lesson is repeated until it is learned.

Rule #4: If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. (Pain is one way the universe gets your attention.) Rule #5: You'll know you've learned a lesson when your actions change.

Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.

Experience isn't the best teacher—evaluated experience is.

Life will keep bringing you the same test, over & over again, til you pass it...

There are some things in life that you can never get back... Memories that eventually fade away... People that leave you behind with a priceless lesson.... But through all this.. there's a glimpse of Hope for something Real.. Something that will never leave or fade away... Something to always... Hold on to...

I haven't meet Mr. Right yet but I have met Mr. Fake, Mr. Rude and Mr. Asshole...

Every happy woman has at least one ex boyfriend behind her.

Every person has to love at least one bad partner in their lives to be thankful for the right one.

A women has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

We all should be wise enough not to make the same mistakes twice. We should all learn to make amends, forgive and move on. Regret nothing because this has taught you something valuable. Do not forget the right way that your mistakes have taught you.

One of the hardest lesson in life is letting go. Whether it is guilt,anger, love, loss or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on & we fight to let go.

The bad things in life open your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before.