Live to learn I  have  learned Learn to live
  1. I've learned . . . . . The world you see is created by what you focus on.
  2. I've learned . . . . . Things are beautiful if you love them.  Nothing is perfect until you make it perfect.
  3. I've learned . . . . . The most valuable lessons in life cannot be taught; they must be experienced.
  4. I've learned . . . . . That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
  5. I've learned . . . . . Time heals almost everything.  Give it time.  Good things take time; great things take a little longer.
  6. I've learned . . . . . No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun.
  7. I've learned . . . . . That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
  8. I've learned . . . . . That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile. 
  9. I've learned . . . . . That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
  10. I've learned . . . . . That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness, and growth happen while you're climbing it.
  11. 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.
  12. I've learned . . . . . That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
  13. I've learned . . . . . That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
  14. I've learned . . . . . That  life isn't fair,  but it's still good.
  15. I've learned . . . . . That the  flowers  of tomorrow are in the seeds of yesterday.
  16. I've learned . . . . . Always be looking forward.  You can never plan the future by the past.
  17. I've learned . . . . . We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
  18. I've learned . . . . . If you want to enjoy the rainbow,  be prepared to endure the storm.
  19. I've learned . . . . . The showers of today lead to the flowers of tomorrow.
  20. I've learned . . . . . If you pray for rain, don't complain about the mud.
  21. I've learned . . . . . That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
  22. I've learned . . . . . That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.  You might not have second chance to make a first impression.
  23. I've learned . . . . . That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
  24. I've learned . . . . . That the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
  25. I've learned . . . . . Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.  You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time.
  26. I've learned . . . . . You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
  27. I've learned . . . . . Don't be afraid to take risks; either you win or you will learn.  Learning keeps you energetic.
  28. I've learned . . . . . Don't seek revenge.  The rotten fruits will fall by themselves.
  29. I've learned . . . . . As long as you are green, you can continue to grow; as soon as you are ripe, you are rotten.
  30. I've learned . . . . . The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.
  31. I've learned . . . . . If you do what you have always done.  You'll get what you have always gotten.
  32. I've learned . . . . . To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
  33. I've learned . . . . . Our lives today are the history of tomorrow.
  34. I've learned . . . . . Be a pineapple, stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside.
  35. I've learned . . . . . Falling down is a part of life; getting back up is a part of living.
I'm stronger because I had to be;
 I'm smarter because of my mistakes;
 I'm happier because of the sadness I've known;
 and now I'm wiser because I learned.
  • Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.
  • Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
  • Happiness is a journey, not a destination.  So work like you don't need money.  Love like you've never been hurt.
  • Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
  • Your beliefs don't make you a better person,  your behavior does.
  • You can't shine like a diamond, if you not willing to get cut like a diamond.
  • A dead fish will float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim against the current.
  • A butterfly with bullet holes in her wings that never regretted learning to fly.
  • The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
  • Don't compare your life to others.  You have no idea what their journey is all about.
  • Never laugh at anyone's dream.  People who don't have dreams don't have much.
  • Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
  • If you Judge people, you have no time to love them.
  • Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality.
  • You have to dream before your dreams can come true.  Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
  • Vision without action Is merely a dream.  Action without vision just passes the time.  Vision with action can change the world.
  • Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.  Seek what they sought.
  • It does not matter how slowly you go, as long don't stop.
  • In life if you have not done enough to create yourself, you will never be able to find yourself.
  • Everyone deserves second chance, but not for the same mistake.
  • Having made a mistake was wrong; staying with a mistake would be disastrous.
  • Don't make decisions when you're angry. Don't make promises when you're happy.
  • Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.
  • A promise means everything but once it is broken, sorry means nothing.  Never break your promises.
  • Love deeply and passionately.  You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
  • Marry a man/woman you love to talk to.  As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
  • A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
  • Meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
  • We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
  • You lose yourself trying to hold on to someone who doesn't care about losing you.
  • Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
  • Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky.  Conscious breathing is your anchor.
  • Don’t let the bad days make you think you have a bad life.
  • A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
  • A river cut through a rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence. 
  • When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
  • The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
  • Life is a coin, you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.
  • Your finest work, your best movements, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself.
  • Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.
  • Remember the 3 C's: Choices, Chances, and changes.  You must make the choice to take a chance, or your life will never change.
  • Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
  • Don't cry over the past, it's gone.  Don't stress about the future, it hasn't arrived.  Live in the present and make it beautiful.
  • Don’t compare your life to others; there’s no comparison between the sun and the moon; they both shine when it’s their time.
  • Count your age by friends, not years.  Count your life by smiles, not tears.
  • If you don’t take care of your health today, you will have to take care of your doctor tomorrow.
  • The elevator to happiness, health and success is out of order ...  The stairway, however, is always available.
  • Life doesn't come with instructions.  You may make mistakes, but you live and learn.
  • Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.
  • Tough times create strong men, and strong men create easy times.
  • Easy times create weak men, and weak men create tough times.
  • When you lose, don't lose the lesson.  Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.

       
Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind.
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
 Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
 Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits.
 Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
 Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson.