Life Lessons Quotes - Page 4

If I had followed every urge I ever had, I would have had much more sex and killed a lot more people

You are surrounded by ignorance, savagery and fanaticism. You live in a society where everyone thinks he/she knows about everything in the whole universe. If you find yourself among those intellectual idiots, then being good and humble may give rise to doubts in your mind about your own ideas. So, you must first learn to distinguish between real and shallow intellect. Then, as a self- preservation tactic, you need to let your pretence of arrogance grow as big as a Dinosaur, so that the fake intellectuals start to realize their true inferiority in front of you.

You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen.

You only ever have three things: 1) your self, wellbeing and mindset 2) Your life network, resources and resourcefulness 3) Your reputation and goodwill. Treasure and tend the first. Value, support and build the second. And mindfully, wisely ensure that the third (your life current and savings account) is always in credit.

When you arrive at the destination, never forget where the journey began.

It's always your assumptions about you, about others, about future that make reality worse than it actually is.

Go be who you were meant to be, explore your mind, understand you are free.

Those who commit suicide, pensive, lonely, philosophers, are awake in life, which is a serious crime. In life everybody must be asleep.

Escape is a process, not a pill.

She felt trapped, but she didn't have to. The world is wide open and ready, waiting for us to escape this bubble and join it.

Life is not the obstacle to human happiness. Life simply provides the opportunities to learn Life’s lessons and develop in ways, and acquire the necessary characteristics that can only be acquired through those opportunities Life provides.

Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up.

The student must be humbled to be trained by the teacher.

Once you reach the brink of your will power, you have two options - either give up, or keep going. That decision decides whether you'll reach your goal.

What you have in hand may be of less essence to knowing and using what you have in hand

To conquer fear, you must become fear - you must bask in the fear of the BOOK... and men fear most what they cannot see- The Power of the Book is spiritual.

If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.

Be strong, be confident and be determined.

In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that plastic bag and take one last look at me. Someone had to remember me, if only for a few more minutes in the vast silent waiting room of time.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.

Drink from the fountain of youth and cloak yourself in the garments of wisdom.

Sometimes we all forget that the world itself is paradise, and there has been much of late to enourage that amnesia. (Microserfs, p 366)

Make time to read.

We script our own psyche. We each journey alone. The path that we take through life proves to be every person’s supreme test of mental, physical, and emotional stamina, and the final determiner of his or her intellectual, ethical, and spiritual attainment.

Life is a chain of events executed in a way which is - most convenient to ‘you’, ‘your’ dreams & people ‘you’ desire to be with & people you have been put up to live with...

Morning is a song that succeeds the music of dawn...

Reframing your past painful experiences and seeing them in a humorous light takes away the power and emotional charge attached to the memory of the hurtful event.

Life is offering you infinite paths! To get stuck in one path is nothing but shallowness! Go deep, discover other lanes!

You think you're superior to the others, don't you? We'll you're not. In fact you're worse for mistaking basic human decency for moral superiority.

Do or Do Not. There is no Try. - Archer Deveraux

They say copying is a form of flattery, I say it's lack of originality.

How long had it had been since she'd thought back on the evenings around the fire, number games at the kitchen table, or listening to her father sing? Too long. Yes, there had been bad times. And she had tallied them like figures in a column, not remembering to factor in the good. She had doctored the books.

You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.

Experience everything.

one is good but ten is better. together is a powerful, beautiful, and peaceful.

We appreciate most that which we have lived without.

There’s nothing wrong with victims of any kind of abuse; they are perfectly normal. It is the ones that abuse others, who are not normal. It is they who have twisted minds and need to be corrected or counselled. Unfortunately people look down upon the abused victims as if they’ve done something wrong and make them feel ashamed as well as guilty- which is not fair and absolutely incorrect. Victims must be shown kindness, encouraged and rehabilitated at the earliest and those who abused them must be ostracized. If you have been the victim of any kind of abuse, take down those walls of guilt, don’t hide behind dark doors, face the light and take charge of your life. Seek support- if required. You must understand that you have done nothing wrong and must not feel guilty or have low self esteem of yourself; it is the one who has abused you who should be running for cover. All you need at this point of time is love, self love and lots of self confidence. Believe in yourself and have faith in your ability to bounce back.

Blessed is the society that has oldies.

I have learned to thank God for what I cannot see, I have learned to trust God with what I cannot.

Reflection is nothing more than what it sounds, and pondering one’s own life is about as productive as talking to one’s image in a mirror: both acts are egocentric and neither produces a dialog. People who talk to themselves in public are not self-actualized; they're crazy.

The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.

The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next future. When you stay dormant, your life is at risk; when you dare to take a step, you take a step to take a risk. We have a choice. Yes! a choice to choose to dare to get to our real reasons on earth or to choose to live in mediocrity and conformity, but, we ought to note that, it is riskier to risk nothing when the life we live is always at risk.

If you have ever come up against Nothing you have no idea how it can scare you out of your wits. When I was a child I used to be afraid of Something in the dark. I know now that the most fearful thing about the dark is that we may find Nothing in it.

You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

Act correctly. Incorrect action cannot be justified by incorrect action. An incorrect action taken to cover an incorrect action is doubly incorrect.

The journey of the Freedom Seeker isn’t always easy. But it is essential, and it is urgent, for it is the path to coming alive again.

Whether the glass is half empty or half full, you have the power to fill it up.

Technology makes people equal, it gives them a fair advantage.

If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.

When God gives you a dream, He will grant you the grace to fulfil it.

Don't burn your bridges until you build better ones.

In my experience, stress is the cause of all injury and pain.

Hearts break along the same lines they broke before, I find, and they hurt no less in the rebreaking.

Stay HIGH on AWESOMENESS so reality cannot destroy you!

Roses do not bloom the same time as daisies.

Gratitude gives infinite fullness of life.

You know what is beautiful? A real conversation with a real person.

Do not forget your Creator in the days of your youth.