Famous Quotes & Sayings

Regina Brett

When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again.

Regina Brett

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

Romany Malco

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

Shel Silverstein

If you're a bird, be an early bird. But if you're a worm, sleep late.

Shel Silverstein

If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it.

Shel Silverstein

If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!

Shel Silverstein

...Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did...

Shel Silverstein

But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself.

Shel Silverstein

There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.

Shel Silverstein

Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.

Shemar Moore

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

Shawn Johnson

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

Susan L. Taylor

Our lives are full of separations that shake us up, force us to attend to our emotional selves and to learn new ways of being in the world. Although many of our losses are painful, they encourage our gains. The lesson life is trying to teach us is that, regardless of the challenges and changes in the physical world, we will abide in peace by aligning ourselves with our inner changelessness. The power of God in us is more than equal to any moment-no matter what it brings. We live in a loving, supportive universe that is always saying yes to us.

Sue Grafton

The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.

Reed Hastings

Be big, fast and flexible.

T. D. Jakes

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God.

T. D. Jakes

Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.

Julianne Hough

I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great life lessons.

Judy Collins

My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy.

Paul Theroux

Travel is about failure or overcoming obstacles, overcoming failures. When a traveler is having lots of good luck, that is not a happy book. That's a book you say, well, I don't need that. I want a life lesson. I want to find out - I want a journey that reflects my life.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Here’s the life lesson I’ve learned, Fifi: Some people are born to play the hero, and some are born to play the bad guy. Fighting your destiny only makes life harder than it needs to be. Besides, people remember the villain long after they’ve forgotten the hero.

Story Musgrave

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

Steve Jobs

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.

Steve Jobs

Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.

Steve Jobs

Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.

Steve Jobs

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

Steve Jobs

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.

Steve Jobs

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

Stephen Gaghan

We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open. The hope was that by not wrapping everything up, the film will get under your skin in a different way and stay with you longer. This seemed like the most honest reflection of this post 9-11 world we all find ourselves in.

Ruth Buzzi

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.

Suzanne Shaw

The low points are there for a good reason. I think they can teach you a life lesson.

Soren Kierkegaard

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

Thomas Hobbes

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.