Quotes about Lessons
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
— Psalm 78:11
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
— Psalm 78:41
where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
— Psalm 95:9
But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
— Daniel 5:22
These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
— 1 Corinthians 10:6
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
— 1 Corinthians 10:9
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
— 1 Corinthians 10:10
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
— 1 Corinthians 10:11
You told me that all life's battles teach us something, even those we lose.
— Paulo Coelho
What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World test everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon'.
— Paulo Coelho
What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.
— Paulo Coelho
Firstly, by learning the great lesson of wise men: patience, the certainty that everything - both good and bad - is provisional in this life. Secondly, using this sudden change of course to risk new things in daily life, to do things you always dreamed of.
— Paulo Coelho