A Quote by Alice Steinbach

Freedom has its dangers as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off we'll be.

Alice Steinbach

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Alice Steinbach
American - Journalist
October 10, 1933 - 2012

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be.

Katie Couric

The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are.

Joyce Meyer

The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.

Maria Semple

The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself.

Granville Hicks

That's right,' she told the girls. 'You are bored. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it's boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.

Maria Semple

You learn you have to accept the way things are, and the sooner you accept them, the sooner you become at peace with them, and then the things start to get better.

Ana Ivanovic

Do you know how much you can learn from a mere pair of high-heels? If you don't fall, you'll learn a bit, but If you do fall, you'll learn everything. If you become successful, you'll learn a bit, but if you fail, you'll get to learn everything. Success is the dumbest teacher, not the other way around

Jung Ae-ri

We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you get it over with, the sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing I can do about it,' the sooner you can get on with your own life. You've got children to bring up. So you've got to get over it. What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things.

Annie Proulx

For me, country music symbolized freedom and the joys of life... roaming the country, experiencing the joys as well as the heartbreaks. It was a transporting kind of song, and I'd just kind of sing along with them.

George Takei

But we fall only that we might rise, Alfred. All of us fall; all of us, as you say, screw up. Falling is not important. It is how we get up after the fall that's important.

Rick Yancey

The sooner you make a mistake and learn to live with it, the better. You're not responsible for everything. You can't control the way things end up.

Courtney Summers

The sooner you start writing songs, the sooner you'll get better.

Lewis Capaldi

Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.

Tim Hansel

Show business is like riding a bicycle - when you fall off, the best thing to do is get up, brush yourself off and get back on again.

Gilda Radner

Maybe tomorrow is counting on me To learn my lessons today I'll start by taking a step at a time And stop throwing my blessings away I'll get myself up and I'll brush myself off And take back some of the pride that I've lost 'Cause you can't always keep your feet on the ground I guess we all learn the hard way and we all fall down