The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. Votes: 2
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. Votes: 1
Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson. Votes: 1
There is no substitute for kindness in the home. This lesson I learned from my father. He always listened to my mother's advice. As a result, he was a better, wiser, and kinder man. Votes: 1
Save for thee and thy lessons, man in society would everywhere sink into a sad compound of the fiend and the wild beast; and this fallen world would be as certainly a moral as a natural wilderness. Votes: 1
I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. Votes: 1
I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the lesson she had left me was that it was possible to love and care for a man and still have at your core a strength so great that you never even needed to put it on display. Votes: 1
One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything. Votes: 1
Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day. Votes: 0
Lessons cut short to prep for tests that only test how well you prep. ...Man, no wonder why the score's a mess. Votes: 0
As sure as time, history is repeating itself, and as sure as man is man, history is the last place he'll look for his lessons. Votes: 0
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Votes: 4 Bill Gates
Man is what he reads. Votes: 3 Joseph Brodsky