Top 1200 Important Life Lessons Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.

Naturally, when life's lessons knock at the door of our life, happiness can be momentarily obscured.

We are all so bent and determined to get what we want, we miss the lessons that could be learned from life's experiences. Many of my AIDS patients discovered that the last year of their lives was by far their best. Many have said they wouldn't have traded the rich quality of that last year of life for a healthier body. Sadly, it is only when tragedy strikes that most of us begin attending to the deeper aspects of life. It is only then that we attempt to go beyond surface concerns-what we look like, how much money we make, and so forth-to discover what's really important.

When I was young, I was always telling my parents and telling everybody that I was going to be a singer and an actress when I grew up. I took classes. I was in dance lessons. I took singing lessons. I was in the plays. I took acting lessons. I did different things that continued to keep me ready for this opportunity and ready for all the things that are happening now.

You are the best lessons you learn from life. I have grown up learning from my life.

Every day, I start with a workout; I do vocal lessons, I do piano lessons.

There are a lot of lessons to be learned. We can all learn lessons.

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

Accept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons.

Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important. It's to find out if you're going to be a writer or not, because that's one of the most important lessons. Most, maybe 90% of people, will start writing and never finish what they started. If you want to be a writer that's the hardest and most important lesson: Finish it. Then go back to fix it.

I started training with singing and dance lessons at the same time. Also, I was taking Japanese lessons too, when I was eleven or twelve. After school, I went to the recording studio.

When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again.

I'm not cut out for that life; for sharing my life. Whether it's getting married, or having kids. That too drastically changes your life. Everything important to you becomes less important, because the child gains utmost importance.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

It was by a Maryland colonel in the year 1777 that the British received, in the gallant defense of an important fort, one of the first lessons of what they were to expect from American valor and patriotism.

Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important ones are.

Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me to fight my own battles.

The lessons I learned that were most important were the ones that hurt my feelings.

I have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is required when you get there.

I am raising my children with the Christian faith and life lessons I was taught. I am equipping them with all of the information and guidance as a parent and hope they will make sound decisions. The most important thing is to teach kids to stand firm in what they believe and not be swayed by detractors no matter what the subject matter.

My films, sometimes, have my own reflections of life. They have life lessons I've had that I put across in a humorous or satirical way.

We either get success or lessons. If we learn our lessons successfully, we get both.

Most people/musicians hear things differently and what might please one might not please another. One man's meat is another man's poison. Don't be afraid to dig, the most important people/musicians in my life always have. If you do decide to dig, don't always expect to come up with a clean face. It's o.k. The most important lessons to me have been learned by trial and error. All I'm trying to say is "try to find yourself," as I have.

Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons.

I'm a singer, not a talker I took singing lessons, not talking lessons.

There is no part of like that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

We are here to learn lessons and our birth chart tells us what our lessons are, what type of energy we possess in the first place, and how, by facing up to the challenges presented to us in life, spiritual growth will ensue. The birth chart is a 'tool' to guide us through our life. By understanding our basic make up, we can learn to make the most out of our positive points and try to improve on our weaker ones.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.

Some of the life lessons that my mom has taught me is that the road is not for the fastest or the swiftest, but it's for those who enjoy it to the end. Just telling you that life is not pure grace. It's like a marathon.

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.

I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities of people that teach them great life lessons like self-confidence and courage. And getting girls to go to camp especially in the summer where they can meet new friends, learn new things, and not just sit at home and watch TV.

My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning.

It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.

I ended up taking piano lessons at a really young age, I took, like, years of piano lessons, and I always loved to sing.

Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.

Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual gain for reflecting on both phases of my life, and although I consider the here and now perhaps to be more important, there are still many people who appreciate my past ephemeral stages and the lessons they represent.

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.

As we move toward the future, we must not neglect the lessons of the past. Our Heavenly Father gave His Son. The Son of God gave His life. We are asked by Them to give our lives, as it were, in Their divine service. Will you? Will I? Will we? There are lessons to be taught, there are kind deeds to be done, there are souls to be saved.

Life is a series of lessons that have to be understood.

I realized it's important to have love in your life, it's important to have friendship, it's very important to have mentors and family.

You reflect on the people who used to be in your life, and it's like, 'Wow, I can't believe that person was ever really in my life.' But people are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.

My life nah important to me, but other people life important. My life is only important if me can help plenty people. If my life is just for me and my own security then me no want it. My life is for people. That's way me is.

Don't blame the child for forgetting lessons; make the lessons unforgettable.

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.

This is one of the most important lessons of the scientific method: if you cannot fail, you cannot learn.

I think it's very important, I think for any leader as you go through a career you have to learn the leadership lessons.

I enrolled my daughter for piano lessons, but she quit after just two lessons, citing a lack of interest.

It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to forget them.

Let's set the record straight. Money is important! To say that it's not as important as any other things in life is ludicrous. What's more important, your arm or your leg? Could it be that both are important?

I never took any elocution lessons, no diction lessons. I might have been a pretty decent broadcaster if I had, but what you see, I'm afraid, is what you get.

What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to take your soul out of time, as every sublime act does.

I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada.

Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.

My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.

I'm always wary of the lessons of the past. There's a lot of past out there, and you can draw whatever lessons you want.

I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons. And I've learned to be open to those lessons.

My son's taking drum lessons, and my daughter's taking piano lessons. One day they're going to start a band.