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141 " You think the things you can touch and feel are the things that are real, but they are not. Over time, they all get old and decline. The people, the houses, the rocks and the mountains: one day they will all crumble. This is because they are not as real as the things that last forever. It is another one of the lessons we come to teach. "
― Kate McGahan , Jack McAfghan: Return from Rainbow Bridge: An Afterlife Story of Loss, Love and Renewal (Jack McAfghan Pet Loss Trilogy Book 3)
142 " It's a new battle, no matter If I won or lost the last one, this is a new battle & the only thing to take forward is the lesson from the last one, if I won – why & how I won, & if I lost – why & how I lost. I will enter this battle wearing my confidence, carrying a sword (which will be my efforts) & a shield (which will be the lessons learned from previous battles). Now defeat me if you can… "
143 " Our sorrows provide us with the lessons we most need to learn. "
― Surya Das , Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
144 " One of the lessons Obi-Wan needed to learn was to look beneath the surface. Perhaps this was one way. "
― Jude Watson , The Deadly Hunter (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, #11)
145 " Every challenge in your life works out in the long run. If you can adopt this mindset, you’ll face your challenges with the knowledge and courage that it all works out in the end. You’ll no longer fear them and you’ll look forward to the lessons to be learned from every experience... "
― James A. Murphy , The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations
146 " We are currently too attached to our worldly toys, rather than to the lessons our playing could impart to further the maturity of our collective soul. "
― Ilchi Lee , Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential
147 " Many great people have experienced some kind of failure. They build on the lessons from failing to become great. "
― Lailah Gifty Akita , Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1)
148 " That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach. "
149 " When the historian Charles A. Beard was asked about the lessons from history he said there were four: 1. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. 2. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power. 3. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceeding small. 4. When it is dark enough you can see the stars. "
150 " One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. "
151 " Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. "
152 " Those who neglect the lessons of their past are doomed to no future. "
― T.A. Uner , The Leopard Apocalypse (Leopard King Saga, #3)
153 " if you will not always think about the decisions you are taking, you shall always think about the decisions you should have taken in regret, in wonder or in joy. Regrets of the past shall always remain an indelible footprint but the lessons from regrets can always be learned and be used "
154 " One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict. "
155 " It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. "
― Bill Gates
156 " The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life. "
157 " Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. "
158 " And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better. "
159 " It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone. "