Lessons Quotes

“Given that we all have a finite time on earth, we need to make our metaphoric transition from caterpillar to butterfly sooner rather than later.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“Struggles are necessary to create a strident character.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“It is not about getting on track but instead about creating or finding the next path that brings joy, contentment, and peace.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“Feel what you want to but never be consumed by it.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“Trust your scars to find who they need to heal. Understand that people will leave your life and make allowance for it, no matter how unwilling you are to let them go.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“Nothing ever goes back to the way things used to be, so consciously cherish the time you have with people who give you the opportunity to love and create memories.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“Trauma changes us forever, so be kind and accepting of yourself; deliberate and plan all your healing. Prioritise your boundaries and implement your vision map to be the person you want to be.”
― Kelly Markey, Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design

“Every failure teaches something. 12”
― Patricia Highsmith, Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

“When you run into a wall, think, or you will do it again.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“We are generally not learning the thing we think we are, and even less the thing we want. We should be grateful for what makes us grow, even though it may be a love-hate relationship with the things responsible for that growth.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“Wedding Anniversity: A yearly event held in a life-long institution where the goal is not to graduate but to avoid being expelled.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Pain is an unbelievable teacher if you lean into the lesson.”
― Carrie Fabris, All In: A Working Mom's Unapologetic Quest for a Juicy Life

“Life was teaching me hard lessons and asking me hard questions and I was just a mere drunkard hovering in a maze. Questions arose inside me – questions like, ‘What good is a progress if you don’t have anyone to celebrate with?’ or ‘What good is a triumph when it feels like a loss?’ and a lot more. I had gone astray in a complete world of my own. I just merely existed. But for all that the world knew, I was smiling at everyone for no reason.”
― Tshetrim Tharchen, A Play of the Cosmos: Script of the Stars

“It's not a mistake if you can't change it.”
― Serena Deena

“There are many things I have been sorry for in my life, many mistakes and misunderstandings caused by my words and actions that I find difficult to defend in retrospect. But I am proud of having asked for a hug, uncaring of whether I would be viewed as soft or incompetent. By asking, I learned an important lesson: expressing vulnerability makes us stronger.”
― Ranjani Rao, Rewriting My Happily Ever After - A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

“Try not to fall for a nebulous one... conflicted his/her thoughts are... murky his/her intentions... he/she will lead you astray... and the blinded lover; you... will burn your wings... and thy heart shall remain forever stained...!”
― Kunal Grover

“Anyone can teach, and they can do it with affordable materials.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“Throughout much of history, homeschooling has been a preferred method of education.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“You only have so much time to read. You could read all day, every day, and you would never come close to reading all the books and articles that are out there, so make sure what you read is worthwhile.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“One minute you’re taking off the training wheels, propping your children up, and the next they’re coasting downhill looking ahead while you applaud them from behind.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“Parents are resourceful and ingenuitive. If we don’t find the right reading materials, workbooks, and hands-on learning kits, we will create our own.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“It doesn’t take a genius to educate a child. It doesn’t even take the most intelligent parent on the block. All you need is a plan and the will to put it into action.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“Homeschoolers can budget for anything. We can get our children through any grade. Whether we teach from kindergarten through high school graduation or just for a year or two, the time and effort we put into our children with a sound budget and serious care remains with them for the rest of their lives.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“I know what it means to go without, but none of that hindered my ability to learn or teach.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“Education doesn’t have to be expensive. There are plenty of free and affordable teaching resources for parents and students who are struggling, and you don’t have to be “barely scraping by” to utilize them.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Homeschooling on a Budget

“This is not irony; it is echo. The way of the Mantle. If we who are honored with life do not perceive the obvious, then we are forced to live it again, around another corner, from another angle.”
― Greg Bear

“I must have an eye toward the future otherwise I will likely be eyeing defeat in the present.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sometimes avoiding the consequence is the very thing that I would be most foolish to avoid.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The lessons of our past, no matter how horrifying, must be remembered if we are to preserve our future.”
― Michael C. Haymes

“Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.”
― Barbara Marciniak