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Life Lessons A-Z

Updated on August 19, 2024

A

A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.

Act like the person you want to become.

Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk. - John Wayne

B

Be better than who you were yesterday

Be so good they can't ignore you.- Steve Martin

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

C

Chase what scares you

Crying is how your body speaks when your mouth can't explain the pain you feel.

Chances- take at least one.

Challenges are what makes life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful

Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins. - Carlos Slim Helu

D

Dreams don't work unless you do

Don't look back- you're not going that way

Difficulties in your life don't come to destroy you, but to help you realize your hidden potential.

Don't think about the start of the race. Think about the end.- Usain Bolt

Do not give up. The beginning is always the hardest.

E

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

Exceed your potential.

Energy is a state of mind. Tell yourself you're tired and you will be. Tell yourself you feel great, and you will. - Chalene Johnson

Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that. - Pitbull

F

Focus- otherwise you will find life becomes a blur

Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get up.

Fans don't boo nobodies. - Reggie Jackson

Follow your curiosity. - Albert Einstein

Forgive your enemy but remember the bastard's name. - John Wayne

G

Good things come to those who wait. Great things come to those who don't.

Get your mind right and the rest will follow.

Go where you're valued.

H

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

History is written by the victor.

I

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.- Milton Berle

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.- Albert Einstein

I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.- Mark Twain

If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough.

I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.

If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.

J

Just keep swimming...

Just because something isn't happening for you right now, doesn't mean that it will never happen.

K

Keep going, you won't regret it. If you give up, you will.

Know your limits, but never stop trying to exceed them.

Knowledge comes from experience.- Albert Einstein

L

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone

Life is full of unlimited possibilities

Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher.

Life is like a multiple choice question: sometimes the choices confuse you, not the question.

Learn the rules and then play better.- Albert Einstein

M

Marry the night, don't cry anymore, burn a hole in the road, leave nothing but streets to explore- Lady Gaga

Mistakes are proof that you're trying.

Money can't buy happiness but it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle. - John Wayne

N

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from coming up to bat- Babe Ruth

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.

No pain, no gain.

O

Open your eyes, take a breath, count to 3...

Only the weak give up. No one said it was easy.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.

Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless.

P

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Problems are not STOP signs, they are GUIDElines.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily.- Zig Ziglar

Practice until you can't get it wrong.

Q

Quit talking, begin doing.

Quitting is the only failure.

R

Remember who you are...

Right now someone is out there trying to take your spot. They're hungry for it. Are you?...

Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers. - Florence Nightingale Graham

S

Stand up for something, or you will fall for anything.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.- Winston Churchill

Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett

Smile even through adversity

T

The greatest pleasure in life is people saying what you cannot do.

There are 2 pains in life: The pain of hard work and the pain of regret

The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.- Benjamin Mays

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

U

Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going.- Jillian Michaels

V

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.- Japanese proverb

Victory without effort is worse than defeat.

W

Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

When life puts you in tough situations, don't say "Why me?" Say "Try me."

When you aim at the devil, make sure you don't miss. - T. Swift, "Dear Reader"

X

Your X-factor is what makes you shine through a black pit of everyone else.

Y

You don't always get what you wish for, but you always get what you work for.

You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.

You're only in competition with yourself; be better than you were yesterday.

You have a choice- you can throw in the towel or use it to wipe the sweat off your face.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share. - Virginia Rometty

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. - Steve Jobs

Z

Zealouly look for ways to make it work

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