Quotes on “life-lessons”

Associate Yourself with People Who Think Positively: Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.

Changing your outside world cannot make you happy if you are an unhappy person. The real personal change can only happen from the inside out. If you firstly create the change within yourself, you can turn your life around.

I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

Give out what you most want to come back.

If I had learned anything in my life about love, it was that they were tenous things that could end at any moment. Caution was essential-but not at the cost of risking your life

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

I welcome questions. I hate assumptions.

You don't have to disrespect and insult others simply to hold your own ground. If you do, that shows how shaky your own position is.

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.

I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad thing doesn't hit you as hard. You can roll with the punch if you see it coming.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.

The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.