Life Lesson Quotes - Page 9

• My greatest life lesson has been to not wait for the opportunities to come to me. I realize how important it is to be proactive and to create the opportunities myself.

  Agapi Stassinopoulos

  Opportunity, Waiting, Important

  Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Once I became a photographer, it stopped me being scared or intimidated by gangs of young men of whatever stripe. Initially, I could hide behind my camera but eventually I came to realize that if I was polite and friendly to them, then they probably would be to me too - a good life lesson.

  Derek Ridgers

  Good Life, Men, Stripes

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I believe giving back is one of the greatest life lessons we can teach our children; that the world isn't all about them, and that through our actions people will really discover what kind of a person we truly are.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Children, Believe, People

  "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• The older I get, the more and more I notice I'm like my father. It's funny, because when I was younger I tried to just back away from my father as much as I could, and some of the philosophies, some of the life lessons, some of the beliefs that he had within me are always constantly ongoing, and they're always prevalent in my life, whether it's trying to be every single thing that I can be in my sport or life or relationship or business, whatever avenue I'm pursuing.

  Apolo Ohno

  Sports, Father, Philosophy

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Take a rest and the world catches up with you. Lesson in life--keep moving.

  Mark Lawrence

  Moving, World, Lessons

  Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.159, Penguin

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• This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.

  Paul Begala

  People, Political, Survival

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• I never took a music lesson in my life, it just came naturally.

  Wynonna Judd

  Lessons, Music Lessons

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• 'You all righ'?' he said gruffly. 'Yeah,' said Harry. 'No, yeh're not,' said Hagrid. 'Of course yeh're not. But yeh will be.'

  J. K. Rowling

  Hagrid, Yeah, Said

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• '-mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent -' said Severus. 'You see what you expect to see, Severus.' said Dumbledore.

  J. K. Rowling

  Father, Attention, Arrogant

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• 'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. 'Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?'

  J. K. Rowling

  Strong, Real, Mean

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• When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice.

  Johnny Mathis

  Voice, Singing, Lessons

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• The main thing is that I've been studying composition for the last four years.
  I'd say it's the life experience combined with the
  lessons that enabled me to go much further.

  Kip Winger

  Years, Experience, Lessons

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• 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.

  Story Musgrave

  Responsibility, Thinking, People

  "NASA Distinguished Service Medal"". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Baltimore, Maryland, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

  Angelina Jolie

  Life, Children, Learning

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• We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

  Henry Rollins

  Acceptance, Rejection, Lessons

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• 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.

  T. D. Jakes

  Heart, Men, Church

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• Jack Bogle's passionate cry of Enough! contains a thought-provoking litany of life lessons regarding our individual roles in commerce and society. Employing a seamless mix of personal anecdotes, hard evidence and all-too-often-underrated subjective admonitions, Bogle challenges each of us to aspire to become better members of our families, our professions and our communities.  Rarely do so few pages provoke so much thought.  Read this book.

  David F. Swensen

  Book, Thought Provoking, Community

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• To accept the inevitable; neither to struggle against it nor murmur at it-this is the great lesson of life.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Struggle, Acceptance, Lessons

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• Thus did my siblings and I learn one of the hard lessons of life: the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

  David James

  Dream, Sibling, Lessons

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• Sometimes I wonder if the lessons in life will ever stop but then why would you want to remain ignorant?

  Jan Hellriegel

  Ignorant, Lessons, Want

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• I didn't understand at the time why Vince was so interested in teaching me life lessons when all I was trying to do was get my video played. But now I think it's because he saw a little bit of himself in me. Just like me, he was a rebel who listened to no one and did whatever it took to get the job done, pissing people off with his stubbornness and drive in the process. Therefore, he was trying to teach me how to better myself instead of repeatedly getting into trouble by rubbing people the wrong way.

  Chris Jericho

  Jobs, Teaching, Thinking

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• I'll tell you one of the great activities is skateboarding. To learn to do a skateboard trick, how many times do you gotta get something wrong til you get it right? ...And you hurt yourself, and you learn to do that trick, now you got a life lesson. Every time I see those skateboard kids, I think 'those kids'll be alright.'

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Hurt, Kids, Thinking

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• 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.

  Shemar Moore

  Firsts, Looks, Lessons

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

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• Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.

  Amelie Mauresmo

  Sports, Lessons, Way

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.

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• When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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