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 tests of life are to make, not break us. To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. - Gail Sheehy

No one in this world is pure and perfect. If you avoid people for their mistakes, you will be alone in this world. So judge less and love more. - Unknown

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. - Benjamin Franklin

Look at the world through a child’s eyes and see if that would not bring a little zest for living back into your life. - Unknown

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. - William Arthur Ward

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. - William Hazlitt

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. - Thomas Szasz

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. - Benjamin Franklin

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? - Logan Pearsall Smith

There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. - G K Chesterton

Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults. - Thomas Lake Harris

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. - Francois Rabelais