Life's Little Lessons

Our lives might not have come with a manual, or an instruction booklet to tell us what to do, or how to live our lives. But if we are willing to listen to our elders, to learn from the sages, and wise men before us, we will be able to get a pretty good start on life, avoiding all the portholes that are dotted along life’s journey.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. - Norman Vincent Peale

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there. - Cecil Selig

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it. - Alfred Whitehead

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves, but who think others are. - Josh Billings

A man’s felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. - Thomas Carlyle

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. - Confucius

We need not worry so much about what man descends from – it’s what he descends to that shames the human race. - Hal Boyle

You can‘t have an omelet without breaking the egg. - Unknown

We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest. - Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

There are many sides to almost every story – you can never get the full picture from just one party to the problem. - Unknown

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. - Publilius Syrus