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I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.
Helen Mirren
2.
The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free.
Joshua Nkomo
The toughest teaching I have been taught came to me in the twilight of my life. It has become clear that a country can attain liberty without its citizens experiencing emancipation.
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And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
Haruki Murakami
4.
The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.
Frank Sinatra
The cardinal rule of life, child, is to never be intimidated by anyone or anything.
5.
Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life.
Lil Wayne
Stand strong against a true test. They offer the most enriching experiences in existence.
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When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... It's a positive way to keep their spirit alive in the world, by keeping it alive in yourself.
Patrick Swayze
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Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
Thomas Hobbes
Inquisitiveness is the craving of the intellect.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
Rudyard Kipling
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I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly
Peter Cook
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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
Soren Kierkegaard
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'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin...' 'Exactly' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'
J. K. Rowling
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Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.
Danielle Steel
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I've never heard anyone say the really deep lessons of life have come in times of ease and comfort. But, I have heard many saints say every significant advance I've ever made in grasping in the depth of God's love and growing deep with Him, have come through suffering.
John Piper
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The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.
Henry L. Stimson
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Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.
Brett Favre
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The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home.
David O. McKay
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Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
Twyla Tharp
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
Douglas MacArthur
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Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
Billie Jean King
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Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.
Donald Trump
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Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
Tennessee Williams
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I'm grateful for every scar, some pages turned, some bridges burned, but there were lessons learned
Carrie Underwood
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The universe does not judge us; it only provides consequences and lessons and opportunities to balance and learn through the law of cause and effect. Compassion is the recognition that we are each doing the best we can within the limits of our current beliefs and capacities.
Dan Millman
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The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
John McEnroe
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An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.
Kristi Yamaguchi
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There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
Shel Silverstein
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Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.
Steve Jobs
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We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
Henry Rollins
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Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.
Dar Williams
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To love someone whom you like is insignificant.
To love someone because they love you is of no consequence.
To love someone whom you do not like means you have learned a lesson in life.
To love someone who blames you for no reason shows that you have learned the art of living.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.
Bill Gates
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When we play, we sense no limitations. In fact, when we are playing, we are usually unaware of ourselves. Self-observation goes out the window. We forget all those past lessons of life, forget our potential foolishness, forget ourselves. We immerse ourselves in the act of play. And we become free.
Lenore Terr
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You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in.
Trip Hawkins
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.
Edward Bach
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If you do something long enough, you uncover life lessons along the way.
Paul Baloche
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.
Ernest Hemingway
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The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.
Paul E. Gray
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One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.
Bob Richards
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Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better.
Ruth Buzzi
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My greatest life lesson has been that life can change in a second. This is why it's important to always live your best possible life and to do what you can for others.
Niki Taylor
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You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.
D.T. Suzuki
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Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.
Shawn Johnson
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Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.
Shania Twain
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What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.
Rudy Giuliani
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A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
Dan Rather