Quotes about life-lessons-quotations

Symphonies begin with one note fires with one flame gardens with one flower and masterpieces with one stroke.

Your first teacher is your mother the second is people the third is life and the fourth is God.

Diamonds are formed in pressure that is why God allows you to go through difficult times.

Respect your haters they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.

Never mock a cub one day it will become a lion.

Don’t marry the most beautiful woman in the world marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds.

No one benefits from an empty jar fill yourself first before pouring out to others.

Change can be beautiful butterflies are the greatest proof of this.

I prefer male enemies to female ones I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.

I was never punished for my ignorance I was punished by my ignorance.

The world says fit in the universe says stand out.

You were born to shine don’t ever let anyone steal your light.

Don’t use your energy to hate on anyone use it to create the life you desire.

Don’t strive to be superior to others strive to be better than you were yesterday.

Dark times don't create stars it is at night when what has always been in the star is revealed.

Destiny is like a train with no brakes unstoppable.

Intelligence tells you where to look wisdom tells you what to see.

It is difficult for flowers to hide their beauty that is why they are always picked first.

True love cannot grow old it is timeless.

Love is the heart’s best tenant it always pays its rent on time.

Don’t resent a woman for who she is not love her for who she is.

Never keep score in marriage your wife is going to win anyway.

Live each day as if it were your last love each day as if you will live forever.

Pressure is an artist diamonds are its masterpiece.

Your life is God's gift to you what you do with it is your gift to Him.

Empty pockets taught me a million lessons full pockets gave me a million temptations.

The ambitious strive to be well known the enlightened strive to be worth knowing.

Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak possessions don’t help if your soul is empty.

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those who love you, and generous to those who adore you.

Beware of befriending wolves; remember, they are only loyal to their appetite.

Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.

Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

When birds eat from your hand, they are letting the whole world know that they trust you.

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them.

Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles.

There was too much at stake for him not to attempt it! He had to win! And he had to win big!

Risk little, earn little. Risk much, earn much. Risk all, earn all.

When reality is better than your dreams, stay awake.

Seeds do not make a sound when growing, but can even reach the sky. Learn from them.

Have the mind of a fox, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swan, and the soul of a dove.

There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause. And it is all because people never attempt to reach the fountain-head. They are content only to comply with the customs of their forefathers, and want others to do the same.

Life is fleeting we must master it in the present.

Know yourself as you are – particles of start-dust moving through the eternal ocean of time, trying to make whatever little difference you can.

If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.

The only weapon you are allowed to kill anyone with is kindness.

Learn a lot. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Live a lot.

If you are sad, love will make you happy; afraid, love will make you brave; weak, love will make you strong; and broken, love will make you whole.

Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.

You spend the beginning part of your life with your mother, so love her; the middle part of your life with your girlfriend, so care for her; and the end part of your life with your wife, so adore her.

Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.

Everyone should have a place in your heart, but only a special few should have a place in your life.

Your presence only truly matters to people who feel your absence.

When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.

If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.

The cheapest thing in your life is money; the most expensive, love.

Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.

Learn, because life is ahead of you. Live, because death is before you. Listen, because wisdom is all around you. Love, because God is inside of you.

Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not the mirror.

To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.

The most valuable things in your life are always the things that money cannot buy.

Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.

If you fall for someone, make sure they’re there to catch you.

When the head tries to rule the heart, emotion poisons it.

By the time you become an expert at marriage, it is too late to start a new one.

Through sexual intimacy, two human beings become one mind, body and soul wrapped up in the cocoon of their skin.

Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you.

Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom.

No three words have greater force than “I want you,” greater strength than “I need you,” greater might than “I miss you,” and greater power than “I love you.

Passion gives you what you want, lust gives you what you desire, but only love gives you what you need.

Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime.

When you are in love, your eyes see him only, your ears hear him only, your mouth speaks of him only, your mind thinks of him only, your heart desires him only, your soul lives for him only, and your entire universe is about him only.

When you are madly in love with someone, even when sanity tries to rescue you, you wrestle it.

It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.

Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.

Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.

Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.

To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.

Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.

Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.

Love in your mind can be felt by some, love in your heart can be felt by many, but love in your soul can be felt by all.

Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.

Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.

One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.

The greatest universe is not somewhere out there, but inside of yourself.

When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

The greatest gift life can give you today is the promise of tomorrow.

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.