Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius
Any idiot can face a crisis — it's day to day living that wears you out. Aton Chekhov
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. John Dewey
By seeking and blundering we learn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. Richard Branson
Study the past if you would define the future. Confucius
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Albert Einstein
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. Colette
No man was ever wise by chance. Seneca
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford
It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. John Ruskin
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain
The years teach us much the days never knew. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The things which hurt, instruct. Benjamin Franklin
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. Margaret Mitchell
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn ...and change. Carl Rogers
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. Mark Twain
Unbeing dead isn't being alive. e.e. cummings
The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of an education. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. Socrates
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J.K. Rowling
Live to the point of tears. Albert Camus
They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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