Quotes about Learning Lessons

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. Votes: 6

My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses. Votes: 4

Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be. Votes: 4

If you go to one demonstration and then go home, that's something, but the people in power can live with that. What they can't live with is sustained pressure that keeps building, organisations that keep doing things, people that keep learning lessons from the last time and doing it better the next time. Votes: 4

I guess just accepting failure is the thing. I don't really look at it as a failure. I look at them as learning lessons and things you grow from but not really a failure, because that's life. Votes: 3

We're learning lessons from Africa. And the lesson that we need to learn is, how do we straighten our backs up in the face of these oligarchs and plutocrats who are trying to snatch the best of our democracy away? Votes: 3

You always learn lessons in business. Votes: 2

Learning patience was not an easy lesson. Votes: 2

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson. Votes: 2

Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. Votes: 2

Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy. Votes: 2

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Votes: 2

Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons. Votes: 2

Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson. Votes: 2

Every step that I've taken was a learning lesson. Even to not think you're so big and so bad you can't fall. Votes: 2

So many people have touched my heart and made an impact on my world. I'm thankful for every lesson and learning experience. Votes: 2

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is. Votes: 2

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve. Votes: 2

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn. Votes: 2

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you. Votes: 2

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject. Votes: 2

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. Votes: 2

I'm thinking about learning a few new things - like taking classical guitar lessons - and I'd like to bring what I learn into hard rock. Votes: 2

Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks. Votes: 2

My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days. Votes: 2

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate. Votes: 2

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means. Votes: 2

I think it's never too late to learn - or it's a lesson that's good to continue learning - that you need to treat everyone on a set with respect. Votes: 2

People don't go to the movies to get the news, people don't go to the movies to learn a lesson. People go to the movie to get an emotional experience. Votes: 2

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open. Votes: 2

Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate. Votes: 2

Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning the thousands of characters of the written Chinese language. Votes: 2

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself. Votes: 2

There are so many lessons in life that can be learned through golf. I am not afraid to say that I am still learning some of them and probably will continue for some time. Votes: 2

Still, it is not perverse to wonder whether the spectacle of America, currently learning a lesson - one that conservatives should not have to learn on the job - about the limits of power to subdue an unruly world, has emboldened many enemies. Votes: 2

I live by four words and I have it tattooed on my arms as well. It just says, 'Live, learn, love life'. So you live your life to the best way you can. Every situation is a learning one so take those lessons, learn from it and love your life. Votes: 2

Do one of three things. One, go and find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing -- but this will only swing people to the right. Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, you be the delegates. Votes: 2

The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life. Votes: 2

It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that. Votes: 2

The military ain't there for the people's protection, They're just there to protect an investment. That's why people get arrested, electrocuted, molested, Connected streets are infested with those tired of protesting. Traumatized children grown in guerrilla garrisons, 9/11 generations pale in comparison. And you will learn a lesson repeated through history: That no matter what you think, occupation is not victory. Votes: 2

We live in such a corporate world where everyone is passing the buck, it seems to me. Therefore I like stories where the individual takes responsibility for BEING the individual, and not just for himself, but for his comrades, his society and ultimately for his country. Ultimately, we can all learn a lesson from that and not be browbeaten by the corporate world which is taking over. Votes: 2

Learning history is easy; learning its lessons seems almost impossibly difficult. Votes: 0

Since by definition learning is change, when you learn nature's lessons, you are changed. Votes: 0

Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday. Votes: 0

Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace. Votes: 0

A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons. Votes: 0

There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is that losing is learning. Votes: 0

I'm a great reader of history. I love - I have been reading history since I was a kid, and learning the lessons globally of what happened with people. Votes: 0

There are many lessons to learn. Naming just one is next to impossible. However, learning to love and be loved is a good starting point. It will encompass much. Votes: 0