Quotes about Lessons
Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
— George H. W. Bush
If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.
— Sonia Sotomayor
The scars of others should teach us caution.
— Saint Jerome
We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.
— Cicero
Looking for Mr. Right leads to desperation because there is no Mr. Right. There is no Mr. Right because there is no Mr. Wrong. There is whoever is in front of us, and the perfect lessons to be learned from that person.
— Marianne Williamson
Someone with whom we have a lifetime's worth of lessons to learn is someone whose presence in our lives forces us to grow.
— Marianne Williamson
A nation that forgets its past has no future
— Winston Churchill
I trust that when people meet, we meet for a transcendent reason, and that the challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.
— Marianne Williamson
You cannot lose if you have learned one new lesson.You cannot lose if you have helped one new person.You cannot lose if you have overcome one new obstacle.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You have not lost if you have learned one new lesson.You have not lost if you have helped one new person.You have not lost if you have overcome one new obstacle.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Of all the books which can be put into your hands, those which relate the labors and suffering of good men are the most interesting and instructive.
— John Piper