Life Lessons Quotes

"Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke."

"I think music made me who I am. Music taught me what was gutter and what wasn't. Music taught me how to live."

"I think it is only when you marry and become a parent that you begin to understand that life isn't always straightforward."

"There is such a thing as too much fun."

"I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life."

"I have to say that the biggest lesson I have learned is to find your way to stand out."

"I'm learning my lessons the hard way."

"I have learnt to never take anything for granted."

“Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.”

"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know."

Pema Chödrön

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

William Blake

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers."

Kahlil Gibran

"Show gratitude."

Randy Pausch

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

Muhammad Ali

"Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose."

Wilma Rudolph

"Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose – it teaches you about life."

Billie Jean King

“What I've learned, being in this league, is you can't take things personally.”

“I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.”

“I was probably 21 or 22 years old when I realized the prose that I live by, which is, "You get what you give."

“Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

“Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.”

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.”

“At the end of the day, I understand that life has roadblocks, and life is like school: you'll be tested; we gotta pass it.”