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
Devotion Life Lesson quotations
Life is like a confused teacher...first she gives the test and then teaches the lesson
Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.
Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.
The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.
It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us.
He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him, and to follow Him in that path.
This is the first lesson ye should learn: There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
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.
Don't waste another moment crying over what went wrong! If it wasn't a blessing - it was a lesson.
The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.
My life, my choices, my mistakes, my lessons- NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what they have been through.
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom.
Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.
The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.
The most valuable lessons in life cannot be taught, they must be experienced.
Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life.
Don't get bitter and twisted and nasty by life.
You may have been wronged or cheated on; two wrongs never make a right. Instead learn your mistakes and learn your lessons. Remain strong with your head held high.
I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.
From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations....I have built my own factory on my own ground.
By its very definition, civic responsibility means taking a healthy role in the life of one's community. That means that classroom lessons should be complemented by work outside the classroom. Service-learning does just that, tying community service to academic learning.
You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special.
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.
Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us
And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you
The lessons from the peace process are clear;
whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly
You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. Because most of life's lessons are learned through pain
God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.
Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want.
Life's a university that'll teach you lessons, regardless of your desire to pass the “class” or not, there is always something else to learn
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same.
Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.