Life Lesson Quotes - Page 16

• The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Leadership, Motivation

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• I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.' That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong-not thin and underfed.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, Inspiring, Girl

  "Jennifer Lawrence Weight: Actress Says In Hollywood She’s Obese", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2012.

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• I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Experience, Genius, Bundles

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• 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.

  Ruth Buzzi

  Heart, Valleys, Sometimes

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• Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good.

  Nicholas Winton

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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• There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

  Maya Angelou

  Believe, Knowing Nothing, Cynical

  "The Truth in Words". Book by Neal Zero, 2005.

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• The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

  Aristotle

  Life, Positive, Buddhist

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• Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves.

  Edward Bach

  Giving, Development, Lessons

  Edward Bach, F. J. Wheeler (1998). “The Bach Flower Remedies”, p.13, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Being single can pave the way for new opportunities.

  Selena Gomez

  Being Single, Opportunity, Way

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• Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.

  Brett Favre

  People, Lessons, Genocide

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.20, Princeton University Press

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• Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Philosophical, Lust, Curiosity

  "Very Happy to Be Here!". Book by Edward Pavlik, p.137, December 1, 2006.

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• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life.

  Ronnie James Dio

  Giving, Imagination, Use

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Steve Jobs

  Goal, World, Devices

  "Apple's Q4 earnings are out, records set for revenue, earnings, and sales (Update: earnings call liveblog!)" by Nilay Patel, www.engadget.com. October 18, 2010.

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• Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

  Norman Cousins

  Inspirational, Life, Sympathy

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• There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Fisherman, Great Ones

  Ernest Hemingway (1963). “老人与海”

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

  Steve Jobs

  People, World, Want

  "The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

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• We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

  Steve Jobs

  Innovation, Enthusiastic

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, reprints.longform.org. February 1985.

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• Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

  Al Franken

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.14, Penguin

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

  Shel Silverstein

  Mermaid, Magic, Leprechaun

  Shel Silverstein, “Magic”

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• The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Happiness, Stress, Being Sad

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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• I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.

  Ted Turner

  Motivational, People, Criticism

  "Ted Turner Speaks: Insights from the World's Greatest Maverick".

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• When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational Life, Anger, Four

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 10, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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