Quotes Tagged "life-lessons"

A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.

Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.

The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238

I'm not irreplaceable ... I'm nothing but grass growing on the ground; when the grass dies, another one replaces it ...

When each one of us become an active and living book of lessons for those who see our examples, the boundaries of religious interpretation will give way to the new era of brotherhood and peace we're waiting for.

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

In life, we go through unexpected challenges that arises in our journey in succeeding, do not let any negativity taint your life with any misleading directions. Let the rejoice of your journey be with you all times, with the power of your soul and heart can combat any obstacle with time and gradual patience

We would be allowed to work and not cause any trouble for her, but she didn't want us to be any more successful than she was

A heart assured of its purpose will have the honor to admit when it is wrong, the courage to examine the reason for its faith and the strength to recover from the pain of any wrong it has done. And it will possess the greatest power known to both God and man; the power to forgive “AND” most certainly forget. A heart such as this shall always have the voice to answer life.

Time remorselessly rambles down the corridors and streets of our lives. but it is not until autumn that most of us become aware that our tickets are stamped with a terminal destination.

If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a-coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence

She didn’t need hope anymore because she knew the things you wanted weren’t necessarily the things that you needed. She knew that the things that were meant to be just happened. You couldn’t control them like she once thought.

Your spirit lives on in your work. YOU decide what manner of work that will be.

Given a choice between goose egg and heartache, I would choose heartache.

somehow people forget that there is God.... what more to us we're just individuals,, to forget is part of imperfections..

Seorang ibu akan selalu khawatir memikirkan anaknya, setiap hari selama hidupnya.

If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't want to talk about what happened , or how unfair it was. Not yet. The less said about that the better, because if there's one thing I learned from Ryter it's that you can't always be looking backward or something will hit you from the front.