60 Life Lessons That Everyone Should Know About

1.Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people; some go, some join you, some laugh with you, some didn’t come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the uninvited ones.
2.Life is like an ocean. It can be calm and still or rough and rigid. But in the end it’s always beautiful.
3.Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.
4.The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
5.The quickest way to find love is to give love.
6.Beauty gets the attention but personality gets the heart.
7.When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
8.When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
9.If you want to live a happy life, tie yourself to your goals, not to people or things.
10.Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.
11.Cherish your youth. You will never be any younger than you are at this very moment.
12.Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using your word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
13.When humour is being used as a weapon, look closer – it’s most likely being used as a shield.
14.It is a little step and a lot of courage that marks the difference between an opportunity and a great experience.
15.Most of our everyday problems in life arise for one of two reasons: 1) We act without thinking. 2) We keep thinking without acting.
16.If you love someone, tell them. Forget about the rules or the fear of looking ridiculous. What is really ridiculous is passing up on an opportunity to tell someone that your heart is invested in them.
17.It’s not what you achieve in life that defines you; it’s what you overcome to achieve it.
18.Don’t choose the one who is beautiful to the world, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.
19.“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind ” , so give without expecting to receive in return, and always go about things with only good intentions.
20.Letting go is not forgetting, it’s remembering without fear.
21.Don’t let your ears witness what your eyes didn’t see, or let your mouth speak what your heart doesn’t feel.
22.Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
23.Part of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
24.Don’t criticize anybody until you take a look in the mirror and realize all the imperfections you have.
25.Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
26.A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
27.The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
28.Happiness is enjoying the small things in life all while chasing after the big ones.
29.When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. You’ll see why.
30.Never waste a moment, it may be the last with someone you love.
31.The only people you need in your life are the ones that need you in theirs.
32.You have to climb a mountain before you can enjoy the view.
33.There isn’t anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.
34.When your candle burns low, you’ve got to believe that the last light shows you something besides the progress of darkness.
35.Life is about creating yourself, not finding yourself.
36.Love the world, love people, love life, but most importantly, love yourself. Love who you are and what you stand for.
37.Give yourself time to be upset, it will help you heal.
38.Most of the great times you will remember are the ones when you stepped outside of your comfort zone and tried something new. Those will be the memories that you tell your grandchildren with a smile, someday.
39.Yes, it’s okay. I’ve made mistakes too. Life didn’t come with instructions.
40.Failure is success, if we learn from it!
41.Remember yesterday. Dream about tomorrow. Live today. Consciously.
42.Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out.
43.The life you live is more important than the words you speak.
44.Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.
45.Never struggle to chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.
46.Rejection doesn’t hurt, expectation does. Lying doesn’t destroy, denial does. Forgetfulness doesn’t heal, forgiveness does.
47.Sometimes saying yes, when you otherwise would not, can turn out beautifully.
48.Find something that you love – something that gets you so excited you can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning. That’s what life is all about.
49.Opportunities are like sunrises – if you wait too long, you miss them.
50.You were born an original, don’t die a copy.
51.It’s okay if nobody else understands, as long as you believe in what you’re doing.
52.You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.
53.If you waste all your time judging people, you won’t have time to appreciate them.
54.The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you discover why.
55.If you change the way you look at things, all the things you look at change.
56.Whenever somebody tells you that you can’t do something, keep in mind that they are speaking from within the boundaries of their own limitations.
57.Every sixty seconds spent upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back.
58.Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.
59.Don’t ever go to bed angry.
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