famous quotes about life lessons

Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends. ~Charles Caleb Colton



To control your hormones is to control your life. ~Barry Sears



Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. ~Albert Camus



We become aware of the void as we fill it. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb



No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris, 1935



People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fibre called courage. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



On Mother's Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You're my mother, I would have no other! ~Forest Houtenschil



No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means. ~Garrett Hardin, The Ecologist, February 1974



The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



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If trouble hearing Angels song with thine ears, try listening with thy heart. ~Terri Guillemets



A day is Eternity's seed, and we are its Gardeners. ~Erika Harris, lifeblazing.com



Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening. ~Maya Angelou



Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown



Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game. ~George Mikes, How to Be an Alien, 1946



Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. ~William James



That best academy, a mother's knee. ~James Russell Lowell



Quilters never grow old, they just go to pieces. ~Author Unknown



Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ~Tim McMahon