life-lessons-quotes

Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.

Don__ be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.

Story goes that he wanted many things from one women, and she wanted one thing from many men.

If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.

It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.

When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.

When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.

Be slow to teach, and quick to learn. Avoid impious people, run from fools, and seek out the wise.

If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.

When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.

The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone.

Lies spread quicker than truth because they have longer legs.

A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.

At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.

The distance between two minds is understanding.

No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.

In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.