What are some good life quotes or lessons?

Question

What are some good life quotes or lessons?

Answer 1

"You can see only as far as the headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." –E.L. Doctorow

“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself”-Mahatma Gandhi

“The mind is its own place, and in it self/Can make a Heaven of h**l, a h**l of Heaven.” -John Milton, Paradise Lost

"You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her." -Winston Churchill

Answer 2

I was watching the weather channel and it was about sky divers.  The green beret said and I qoute.  "Your dead until you pull your parachute".

Another one I heard is "You can sleep when your dead".

Answer 3

The only one that really matters is:

To thine own self be true. - Wm. Shakespeare

Don't look back! Something might be gaining on you. - Satchel Paige

Don't eat at a place called Mom's.

Don't play cards with a guy named Doc.

And never, never, never sleep with somone who has more problems than you do. - Nelson Algren

My own words to live by:

Life is uncertain; eat dessert first.

Never separate a woman from her chocolate.

Answer 4

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot,  - than to open it and remove any doubt!

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Conditions are never just right, people who delay action until all the factors are favourable are the kind who do nothing.

On starting a new job, beware those who are too friendly too soon

Repetition does not establish validity

Anything hit with a big enough hammer will fall apart

Answer 5

“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by 'I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.' Hungry not only for bread -- but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing -- but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks -- but homeless because of rejection.” – Mother Teresa

“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Ghandi

“Failures will be just fine if they are ended with a crown.” – mrg 03

“If you hadn’t done what you had done, you would not have got the chance of being who you are.” – mrg 04

“When the world goes upside down, sometimes your best is not enough. But do not let go of your dreams because someday the sun will shine for you.” – mrg 04

“Each one of us is a wonder of the world.” – mrg 04

“There is always the beginning of everything in your life. Do not let your fear stop you from taking your first step into it, because it is your ticket to success.” – mrg 05

“See more, know more, understand more, learn more, practice more, live better.” – mrg 06

“Sometimes I do not understand what life is about. The good want to be evils, but they do not know how to be cruel. The bad want to be angels, but they do not know how to be nice.” – mrg 06

“Live in simplicity, live in beauty.” – mrg 06

“When everything is against you, that is when you are learning this life.” – mrg 06

“It is not the world that makes you angry, it is yourself. Not how they accept you, but how you accept them. Not the way they threat you, but the way you threat them. It is the way you see this life, that decides how your life would be.” – mrg 07

“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.

Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.

Think big anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them.

Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world the best you've got anyway.” – Mother Teresa (*Please note that this passage, also known as 'The Paradoxical Commandments' is often attributed to Bishop Abel Muzorewa or to Dr. Kent M. Keith)

Answer 6

My French teacher once said, "Look at your own before criticising someone else's"

that's pretty cool

Answer 7

My Fav is ........

If your not living on the edge then your taking up to much room

Answer 8

Never flog a dead horse for less than a tenner.

Answer 9

Tell the truth and shame the devil - My Mother 1985

Answer 10

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

--John Lennon

Answer 11

Don't air your dirty laundry if you don't want to be hung out to dry*  

Those who know much say little and those who know little say much

Practice what you preach

Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone

misery loves company

If the shoe don't fit; don't wear it

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Answer 12

Why run when you can walk? Why walk when you sit down? Why sit down when you can collapse face first? and on and on...............

Answer 13

"Life is far too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde

"What we are is God's gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God." - Eleanor Powell

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain