Life is a journey we all have to take once we are born. What makes this journey worth living in the end is the life lessons we learn along the way.
Life always teaches us many things if we choose to learn. Each experience always helps us grow in one way or another and there’s always a meaning hidden even amidst the most intense suffering and grief.
The moments where we feel we have hit rock bottom teach us something or the other in life if we decide to look for the lessons.
Always ask yourself, “What is this trying to teach me?”
Most of the time we won’t see the lessons directly. Life is always a subtle teacher and those to come to understand life’s teaching will enjoy this life’s journey the most even with all the highs and lows.
They come to take everything- the joy and suffering as a fact and part of life and accept everything.
In this blog post, I want to share some quotes that will serve as wonderful life lessons you can take, illuminating the path forward and helping you navigate through the journey of life.
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Quotes with life lessons to move on
1. Let yourself disappoint people, especially if you need to take care of your mind or because your intuition is telling you that what they want does not align with who you are becoming. Betraying yourself is not a virtue, remember, no one can feel your heart better than you can.” Yung Pueblo
2. “Some roads you need to take alone. No friends, no family, no partner. Just you and the universe.
3. “It hurts to let people go, but it hurts more to continue to deal with their disrespect.”
4. “Start of over; my darling. Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to.” Madelyn Beck
5. “My biggest flex is I can be alone for the whole day and still be happy.”
6. “It’s never too late to reinvent yourself. Start a new career at 40. Fall in love at 50. Learn to dance at 60. Start a whole new life at 70. Stop saying you can’t. You can and should. Dreams don’t have an expiration.”
7. Family is not about the blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.”
8. Sometimes the people you wanted as part of your story are only meant to be a chapter.”
9. When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts. As I grew up, I realized people are more scary.”
10. You should never regret anything in life. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.”
Life lessons quotes
11. The older you get, the quieter you become. Life humbles you so deeply as you age. You realize how much nonsense you’ve wasted time on.”
12. The biggest lesson I’ve learned is: It’s okay.
It’s okay for me to be kind to myself. It’s okay to be wrong,. It’s okay to get mad. It’s okay to be flawed. It’s okay to be happy. It’s okay to move on.” Harley Williams
13. Life is like a book. Some chapters are sad, some are happy, and some are exciting, but if you never turn the page, you will never know what the next chapter has in store for you.”
14. Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” Paulo Coelho
15. Stop letting poisonous people spoil your happy life. Delete. Block. Forget.”
16. Sometimes, not saying anything is the best answer. You see, silence can never be misquoted.”
17. Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”
18. I never knew how strong I was until I had to forgive someone who wasn’t sorry, and accept an apology I never received.”
19. “The truth is, the universe will always take care of you.”
20. When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks. When you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks. When you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place.”
Life Lessons to Rebuild Your Life
21. “You are nothing less than a miracle. The fact that you are here – alive and capable of breathing in and out-is ample proof that you are a miracle. One string bean contains the whole cosmos in it: sunshine, rain, the whole earth, time, space, and consciousness. You also contain the whole cosmos. Thich Nhat Hanh
22. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi
23. “How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you too.”
24. “Love yourself incredibly well, make your healing a top priority, follow through on your goals and do not worry about how others will react to that level of focused energy. Emotionally mature people will be attracted by your flourishing.” Yung Pueblo
25. Sometimes, God removes people from our lives because they were only a part of our story. Accept it. We don’t always have to know why. Don’t go chasing after them.”
26. If you replace “Why is this happening to me” with “What is this trying to teach me?” Everything shifts.”
27. If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.”
28. “Never feel sad about losing anything in life. Because whenever a tree loses a leaf, a new leaf grows in its place.”
29. “Not everyone is meant to be in your future. Some people are just passing through to teach you lessons in life.”
30. “Forget what hurt you, but don’t forget what it taught you.”
Life lessons to be more peaceful
31. The moment you distance yourself from people who hurt you is the moment you’ll realize how much calmer your life can be. Always choose peace over chaos. Always gravitate towards those who match your energy rather than those who don’t.” R. M. Drake
32. Be disciplined about what you respond to and react to. Not everything or everyone deserves your time, energy and attention. Stay in your light.”
33. “If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensive”
34. “The best revenge is no revenge. Move on. Be happy. Find inner peace. Flourish.”
35. “Anything you can’t control is teaching you how to let go.” – Jackson Kiddard
36. “Sometimes those who don’t socialise much aren’t actually anti-social. They just have no tolerance for drama, stupidity and fake people.”
37. “The older I get, the more selective I am about who is in my tribe. I would rather have four quarters than a hundred pennies.”
38. “Never wish them pain. That’s not who you are. If they caused you pain, they must have pain inside, wish them healing.”
39. “Somebody is mad at you right now because you picked peace over drama and distance over disrespect.”
40. “There are two types of pain in this world: Pain that hurts you and pain that changes you.”
Life Lessons for a Woman
41. “A woman who is okay with being alone is a powerful woman.”
42. “I am learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things not meant for me.” – A.G.
43. “Divorce is ok. Breaking up is ok. Starting over is ok. Moving on is ok. Saying no is ok. Being alone is ok. What is not ok is staying somewhere where you aren’t happy, valued, or appreciated, that’s not ok.”
44. “A woman becomes a reflection of how you treat her. If you don’t like how she’s acting, look at how you are treating her.”
45. Once you are mature, you realize silence is more important than proving a point.”
46. “Sometimes, no matter how nice you are, how kind you are, how caring you are, how loving you are, it just isn’t enough for some people.”
47. “Plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”
48. I don’t carry any hate in my heart. If I loved you before, I still have love for you.”
49. You can never win an argument with a negative person. They only hear what suits them and listen only to respond.
50. “Being alone has always been better than being with someone who doesn’t value who you really are.”
Quotes about life lessons
51. The first to apologise is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.”
52. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”― Maya Angelou
53. When you keep people who don’t fully value you in your life, you don’t create any room for the ones who will.”
54. For most people, their spiritual teacher is their suffering. Because eventually, the suffering brings about awakening.” Eckhart Tolle
55. “I do not judge people by the scriptures of their faith or the scars from their past, I embrace them by the content of their hearts”
56. “Only those who care about you can hear you when you’re quiet.”
57. “Something will grow from all you are going through. And it will be you.”
58. Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.
59. “One day you’ll look back and realize that you worried too much about things that don’t really matter.”
60. “In life, you will realize there is a role for everyone you meet. Some will test you. Some will use you. Some will love you and some will teach you. But the ones who are truly important are the ones who bring out the best in you. They are the rare and amazing people who remind you why it’s worth it.”
Life lessons for a good relationship
61. Results of anger are more painful than reasons of anger.
62. It’s not me Vs. You. Its Us Vs. the problem.
63. As you get older, you really just want to be surrounded by good people. People that are good for you, good to you, and good for your soul.
64. Someone can love you deeply, but if they don’t have the emotional skills to care for the relationship it will be a rough road.” Yung Pueblo
65. When you love someone, you develop a sixth sense for them. You can feel everything they do. Like when they’re in distress, when they’re happy when they’re lying. It’s the weirdest thing ever. But it’s a real thing.
66. Tell my mistakes to me not to others. Because my mistakes are to be corrected by me, not by others.”
67. In order to be in a healthy relationship, you have to talk about the things that bother you, even if you disagree.”
68. “The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.” – Tony Robbins
69. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemingway
70. “Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.”- Franklin P. Jones
Life lessons to go after your dreams
71. Magic happens when you do not give up, even though you want to. The universe always falls in love with a stubborn heart.
72. “For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.” —Vincent Van Gogh
73. One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” Paulo Coelho
74. I am in competition with no one. I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone. I am simply trying to be better that the person I was yesterday.”
75. The older you get, you have no desire for drama, conflict and any kind of intensity. You just want a cozy home, a nice book and a person who knows how you drink your coffee. Anna Lemind
76. “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” —Charles Kettering
77. “Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.” —Annette Funicello
78. “The best way out is through.” —Robert Frost
79. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” —Arthur Ashe
80. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
Life lessons to learn in life
81. I never knew how strong I was until I had to forgive someone who wasn’t sorry, and accept an apology I never received.”
82. When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over, he does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.” Thich Nhat Hanh
83. The world is gonna judge you no matter what you do, so live your life the way you want to.”
84. Someday everything will make perfect sense. So, for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.” John Mayer
85. If you have to hurt other people in order to feel powerful, you are an extremely weak individual.”
86. No matter how many times a snake sheds its skin, it will always be a snake. Remember that before allowing certain people back into your life.”
87. Be kind, be fair, be honest, be true,and all of these things will come back to you. Always remember, what goes around comes around.”
88. No matter how badly someone treats you, never step down to their level. Remain calm, stay strong, and walk away.”
89. “Life is a long lesson in humility.” —James M. Barrie
90. Finally entered the phase where I just want to be around kind people who keep it real and love to grow. The only people I think are cool now are those who focus on building emotional intelligence, unbundling past trauma and gaining insight through self-awareness.” Yung Pueblo
Hard life lessons
91. The truth is still the truth, even if no one believes it. A lie is still a lie, even if everyone believes it.”
92. Some people aren’t loyal to you….They are loyal to their need of you… Once their needs change, so does their loyalty.”
93. You were never asking for too much. You were simply just asking the wrong person.” Yung Pueblo
94. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
95. “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” —Viktor E. Frankl
96. “Life humbles you. As you grow old, you stop chasing the big things and start valuing the little things. Alone time, enough sleep, a good diet, long walks, and quality time with loved ones. Simplicity becomes the ultimate goal.”
97. We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
98. Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them
99. When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
100. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
So these were some of the best quotes of life lessons.
Life is a journey of growth, discovery, and transformation. Along the way, we encounter countless lessons that shape our perspective and guide our path forward. Embrace change, practice gratitude, learn from failure, cultivate resilience, go after your dreams, practice self-compassion, and nurture relationships.
Remember, the journey is just as important as the destination, so savor each moment and treasure the lessons learned along the way.
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