Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act.… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
One lesson I have learned the hard way, and there will not be any such thing in the White House. Although, I… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
One time, I think it was my third lesson third or fourth lesson. Kim Parker and he picked me up at the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
You see, God just will not let us flunk out of His school of love. He insists on remedial lessons until we… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
You should never have gotten to the stage where you could see the last ancient forests! Just get out of there right… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I've never heard anyone say the really deep lessons of life have come in times of ease and comfort. But, I have… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Trust that whatever you are dealing with, whatever doorway to crisis you experience, it is leading you to a greater lesson in… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
The lesson about food is that the most predictable and the most orderly outcomes are always not the best. They are just… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Know that you can move past things that have happened to you and that healing takes time. Take the lessons you learned… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
In the matter of physics, the first lessons should contain nothing but what is experimental and interesting to see. A pretty experiment… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
The object of our sojourns on earth, as apart from the gaining of experience, is but one. The loosing of ourselves from… — Shaw Desmond Copy Share Image
I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Like all real treasures of the mind, perception can be split into infinitely small fractions without losing its quality. The weeds in… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
It's important to interrogate history, it's important to document history, because as a society we need constant reminders of the things that… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The universe does not judge us; it only provides consequences and lessons and opportunities to balance and learn through the law of… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
I started taking ballet lessons when I was 4, and I was performing in ballet companies when I was 10, and I… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
“Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken… — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
I think the most important leadership lessons I've learned have to do with understanding the context in which you are leading. Universities… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
My grandmother instilled in me two important lessons: I was just as good as anyone else, and education was my salvation. Fortunately,… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. Also, the… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I've learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference.… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
My ex-husband has been one of my best teachers, and I believe that the areas of our life and the people in… — Rene Marie Copy Share Image
I think actors have to have clear goals in term of fitness, I think it is very important. I did yoga very… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
Every campaign, Garry Wills once wrote, "taught Nixon the same lesson: mobilize resentment against those in power." History taught the same to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Let's address the issue of how America deals with the Iraqis and how we deal with the region, recognize the fact that… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless. Spiritual… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
All of us know about learning life's lessons through pain, struggle, and loss. But few of us realize that it is often… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business,… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
Make the kind of music you love even if you never hear it on the air. This was the basic lesson I'd… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I feel love for people that I have loved, and I think that's so beautiful, and I think that's such an important… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
I grew up - for a while, the only show I could watch if I hadn't finished my homework was 'The Simpsons,'… — Tyler Ritter Copy Share Image