41 Life Lesson Quotes For Inspiration

In the journey of life, we often find ourselves seeking inspiration and guidance to navigate the ups and downs. Whether it's overcoming challenges, redefining goals, or simply reflecting on our personal growth, the right words can ignite a spark of motivation. Life lesson quotes, often distilled from the experiences of thinkers, leaders, and ordinary individuals, offer profound insights that resonate on a deeply personal level. This carefully curated collection of 41 life lesson quotes is designed to uplift your spirit and inspire introspection. Let these powerful words encourage you to embrace life's endless possibilities with courage and resilience.

1. “never use sarcasm in an email” - Matthew Lasar

2. “I shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.” - L. Frank Baum

3. “Those people cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them because they see and covet what He has not given them. All of our discontents for what we want appear to me to spring from want of thankfulness for what we have.” - Daniel Defoe

4. “The world is what YOU think of it, so think of it DIFFERENTLY and your life will change.” - Paul Arden

5. “Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We're all so human. Your mother made a terrible mistake, but she tried to fix it.''Good night,' I said, and rolled onto my side.'There is nothing perfect,' August said from the doorway. 'There is only life.” - Sue Monk Kidd

6. “Short cuts make long delays.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

7. “Look beyond yourself.” - Michael J. Jackson

8. “Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.” - Sophie Kinsella

9. “What gets measured gets improved.” - Robin S. Sharma

10. “To be alive──is Power.” - Emily Dickinson

11. “Se tens um coração de ferro, bom proveito. O meu, fizeram-no de carne, e sangra todo o dia.” - José Saramago

12. “But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.” - Chris Colfer

13. “The only thing you should be faking is confidence. If you don't have it yet, pretend that you do. Pretend you're not nervous, pretend you're not scared, and after a while, the pretend part disappears.” - Patricia V. Davis

14. “Saat jarum jam dinding berputar ke kiri, orang akan menganggapnya rusak dan membuangnya. Manusia pun tidak boleh menengok ke belakang, terus maju dan maju, melangkah ke depan!” - Yoshichi Shimada

15. “Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry.” - Katerina Stoykova Klemer

16. “You see? This is why you don't get mixed up in people's lives. Because the living are messy and complicated, and things end up going to hell one way or another, every time.” - Megan Crewe

17. “I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probablybecome as ordinary as they expect you to be.” - Kelly Cutrone

18. “Some things can be fixed. Some things are just too broken.” - Susan Vaught

19. “When you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know.” - Sarah Addison Allen

20. “I firmly believe that we are all given signs and dreams and put in situations that define who we were and who we are to become. All of it points towards our destiny. All we need to do is listen carefully to the messages and follow our dreams. It is in our dreams that we find our true identities and where our destiny awaits.” - Isaiah Washington

21. “Some flowers bloom beneath the biggest blue,while others prefer the shade;As is Human Nature.....Some turn their faces to the sunwhile others seek solitude.But no matter where you wish to stand;Stand Straight and Stand tall.” - Michelle Geaney

22. “No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.” - John Green

23. “There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.” - Pat Conroy

24. “Loss invites reflection and reformulating and a change of strategies. Loss hurts and bleeds and aches. Loss is always ready to call out your name in the night. Loss follows you home and taunts you at the breakfast table, follows you to work in the morning. You have to make accommodations and broker deals to soften the rabbit punches that loss brings to your daily life. You have to take the word "loser" and add it to your resume and walk around with it on your name tag as it hand-feeds you your own shit in dosages too large for even great beasts to swallow. The word "loser" follows you, bird-dogs you, sniffs you out of whatever fields you hide in because you have to face things clearly and you cannot turn away from what is true.” - Pat Conroy

25. “Deep layers of context are missed when cursorily reading for quantity at the expense of comprehension - only the vapid are impressed by those who try to squeeze as many books as possible into each passing month as if shoving one more oiled hot dog down the gullet in a food eating contest to prove accumulation superiority.” - Wil Zeus

26. “Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.” - E.A. Bucchianeri

27. “Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.” - Carroll Bryant

28. “Isto é, falha-se sempre na realidade aquela vida que se planeou com a imaginação.” - Eça de Queirós

29. “Where there is life, there is hope.” - Alyson Noel

30. “[...]one should act as if the things he cherished the most were already lost or broken.” - H.J. Brues

31. “Cinta yang dicari adalah baik, tetapi cinta yang didapati tanpa dicari adalah lebih baik.” - Pahrol Mohd Juoi

32. “If Gone With the Wind has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others, apparently just as able, strong, and brave, go under? It happens in every upheaval. Some people survive; others don't. What qualities are in those who fight their way through triumphantly that are lacking in those that go under? I only know that survivors used to call that quality 'gumption.' So I wrote about people who had gumption and people who didn't.” - Margaret Mitchell

33. “I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments.” - Andrew Levkoff

34. “About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!” - Robert Fulghum

35. “Being alive hurts. I have found it best not to rush for the aspirin bottle. - A Severed Wasp” - Madeline L'Engle

36. “Ecco, sai giocare a scacchi. Adesso devi diventare un giocatore. Ci vorrà un po' di più.” - Guenassia Jean-Michel

37. “God put us on this carnival ride, We close our eyes not knowing were it will take us next” - Carrie Underwood

38. “Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.” - jay woodman

39. “To gain your heart's desire you have to lose some part of your old life, your old self. To do that you have to have courage; without it, you can't make the leap. And if you don't make the leap you have only three choices: You can hate yourself for not taking the chance, you can hate the person from whom you've sacrificed your happiness, or you can hate the one who offered you happiness, and blame them for your lack of courage, convince yourself it wasn't real.” - Laurell Hamilton Hit List

40. “The New testament commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each other, teach each other, accept each other, honor each other, bear each other's burdens, forgive each other, submit to each other, be devoted each other, and many other mutual tasks. This is biblical membership!” - Rick Warren

41. “Une lutte qui semble perdue, est la plus excitante.” - Jacques Tardi