Life Lessons Quotes

I believe I will not not die a minute too early or a minute too late, but exactly when I am supposed to.

~ Tobe Hanson

GPS has saved countless relationships because us men do not like to ask for directions. Now if women could only come with relationship GPS we would be one step closer to world peace.

~ Ken Poirot

I wrote about the things I discovered along the way and about how whether we believe it or not, everything we need to succeed in life is already present inside us. We just have to find the few.

~ Andrew Kendall

If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the present moment; simple breathing exercises can make us calm and present instantly.

~ Tobe Hanson

Health, peace of mind, peak performance, and success in any area of life all depend upon doing the right thing at the right time, in harmony with the cycles of the Four Seasons.

~ Tobe Hanson

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

~ Tobe Hanson

If you want to heal or experience more happiness in life, learn to move out of the mental body and be in your heart more. You will know you are in your head is when you analyze, control and overthink. When you have run on thoughts, worry, and talk without listening. When you take all the workshops and read all the books, but aren't experiencing it's message in your heart.

~ Eileen Anglin

I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool.

~ Abhijit Naskar

I believe that the best leadership is loud authenticity. That is what the world needs now. We don’t need more plastic, Photoshooped perfection. I don’t want people to look at me and wish they could be me. I want people to look at me and see their own potential. I want people to be more accepting of their own failures, imperfections, and struggles because they watch me accept of my own.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan... Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself ― not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you're doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down.

~ Sōseki Natsume

Never spit in a lion's face when you've got your hand in his mouth.

~ A.g. Gaston

Divine providence for next dimension is a natural as rest, food and water are to our natural bodies. Rest, Arise and Eat for the challenges ahead of you are too great for you.

~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

When you are wise, peace shall follow.

~ Abhijit Naskar

But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar.

~ Zack Love

He clearly suffers from some past traumas too, so hopefully he'll understand why I was untruthful to him about mine.

~ Zack Love

Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.

~ Zack Love

Make friends on your way up since you might need them on your way down.

~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

The breath of being is been able to share your bread.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Because if works doesn't mean that it's right, once can be successfully wrong~Dad to his Son...(Psalms 37:7)

~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

The mystery of the moment is indescribable.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My past still haunts me when I sleep, although I saw that - much to my surprise- his does as well.

~ Zack Love

But then, as I looked in the mirror, I became fixated on some hairs near my carotid artery that were still there. I pushed the blade deep against my neck to shave them off, and then blood squirted out.

~ Zack Love

A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.

~ Zack Love

The lead-up to the moment was magical in every respect, but a part of me was, and still is, uneasy about the whole thing for many reasons.

~ Zack Love

In addition to my new outlook on life, in some absurdly simple way, Anissa gave me several new reasons to live. Above all, I had to see her again and find out what, if anything, would happen between her and me.

~ Zack Love

But I did feel the vertigo of death’s invitation, beckoning me towards the dark waters below. Only a newfound perspective and desire steadied my wavering soul. I came to realize, just in time, that suicide was far too easy – and obscenely cowardly – after someone I knew, not even half my age, had been through so much worse and still marched gloriously on.

~ Zack Love

She was somehow this damaged creature I had fortuitously encountered along my path and now cared about as a result. Granted, I didn't cause her harm, as I did with Icarus, but I somehow began to feel responsible for her welfare.

~ Zack Love

I think that's what you say when you can't have something you want, isn't it? You say you don't want it in the first place.

~ Jodi Lynn Anderson

One of the first lessons I learned in working life was that you don't need to like every one of your colleagues, and they don't need to like you either. You just have to respect them, and getting their respect in return.

~ Marcella Purnama

The grass is greener on the other side, but often this is just an illusion. Most probably, everyone is as unhappy as you.

~ Marcella Purnama

Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Success and accomplishments aren't the golden good life goals. Instead, having a good life is simple. For an old man to be happy, he just wants to watch the fireworks with his granddaughter on Chinese New Year's Eve.

~ Marcella Purnama

It’s true that many overly negative people actually fear letting go of their negativity, and it’s because it has become a part of their identity. If this is the case, make it a smoother transition by releasing and replacing one negative opinion at a time. It certainly is an identity shift, but it’s one that brings greater fulfillment and life satisfaction.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better!

~ Dewayne Owens

I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better.

~ Dewayne Owens

Some teach youwhat can't be taught,by turning their backon you & helpingyou get internallycloser to everythingyou externallysought.

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

Please don't be overly sober with your precious wings, it's your addiction to freedom that makes me think that i too can defy gravity.

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

~ Judith Mcnaught

...don’t judge your future based on others’ mistakes.

~ Rachel Vincent