Quotes about Lessons

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.

From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

The short sayings of the wise and good men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the sparks of diamonds.

The lessons of the Bible have a moral and religious influence on the character, as they are brought into the practical life.

I've learned a lot the hard way.

A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.

The best response is a heart overflowing with gratitude. I am training you to cultivate a thankful mind-set. This is like building your house on a firm rock, where life's storms cannot shake you. As you learn these lessons, you are to teach them to others.

From nature one can learn the lessons of divine providence, and some of us need to be reminded of this because we can look and not see a world alive with God's presence.

I'm having an amazing time teaching through the lives of people much like Jesus did.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

The tensions created inside me by the contradictions is another source of energy and learning. I have always known I learn my most lasting lessons about difference by closely attending the ways in which the differences inside me lie down together.

Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.