life-lessons-quotes

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.

Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.

The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.

Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

Don't water anything that you don't want to grow in your life.