If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
If you've just stared into the abyss, quickly forget it: the lessons of history can only hold you back. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“So the first lesson about trusting your senses is: don’t. Just because you believe something to be true, just because you know… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED.” — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Boston's future depends on taking the lessons from the coronavirus pandemic to tackle big challenges. — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
Oh God they got you gun shy You know your skin's as cold as ice Your eyes are double filtered babe You're… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What if the slowdown in merger activity isn't cyclical, but secular? What if corporations have learned the lessons of so many companies… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
I think the biggest lesson to be learned is that it is almost impossible to just throw a logo on a video.… — Judson Laipply Copy Share Image
I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
Some guys in the team have asked me whether I had English lessons before I came to Middlesbrough. I told them that… — Victor Valdes Copy Share Image
A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
As a teacher with over thirty years of experience, I've found that students are hungry for material that goes beyond simply learning… — Tony Trischka Copy Share Image
Lou Holtz is a brilliant strategist, a first-class motivator, and an inspiring role model. Winning Every Day coaches you through the hard-won… — Peter Lowe Copy Share Image
Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact. And the appropriate response is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Alternatively, suppose Qaddafi winds up hanging from a lamppost in his favorite party dress. If you're a Third World dictator, what lessons… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The first (lesson) which we meet again and again in history, is that once the dole or similar relief programs are introduced,… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“When I heard about these lessons, I thought they would be a dreadful waste of my time. I pictured two very silly… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Luckily, I remembered something Malcolm Cowley had taught us at Stanford - perhaps the most important lesson a writing class (not a… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
I'm a singer, not a talker I took singing lessons, not talking lessons. — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
“History would be a revelation of the future as much as it was a study of the past.” — arundhati roy Copy Share Image
If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education. — Murray Warmath Copy Share Image
If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons. — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
“When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There's a lesson there.” — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image