I Quotes
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“I have learned to accept it, even ask for it, this 'more than I can handle.' Because in these times, God shows Himself victorious. He reminds me that all of this life requires more of Him and less of me. God does give us more than we can handle. Not maliciously, but intentionally, in love, that His glory may be displayed, that we may have no doubt of who is in control, that people may see His grace and faithfulness shining through our lives.”
“I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I cannot control the future any more than I could control the wind and the weather, I can manage it and influence it in a positive way.”
“I have learned to accept the fact that I will make mistakes at nearly every turn, but that those mistakes can be softened if I am honest about who I am to my girls.”
Source: Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Expanded Edition
“I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.”
“I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend to all mankind”
Source: Letters from a Stoic
“I have learned to be kinder to myself, to imagine that I am my own best friend, whispering comforting words in my ear and drowning out the voices of Self-Doubt and Self-Criticism. I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn’t.”
Source: Rowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean
“I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of state
“I have learned to be steady in my course of love, or fear, or loneliness, rather than impulsive in its wasting, either lyrically or emotionally.”
“I have learned to be suspicious of memory--my own, anyone's--but to accord it considerable respect. Whether accurate or not, it can subvert a life.”
Source: Ammonites And Leaping Fish: A Life In Time
“I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.”
“I have learned to cradle silence in public places.”
Source: A Book of Chrissyisms
“I have learned to cry again and I think perhaps that means I am a human being again. Perhaps that at least. A piece of human being but, yes, a human being.”
Source: Sophie's Choice
“I have learned to delegate.”
“I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.”
“I have learned to enjoy the ups for what they are, because those are the moments that feel like they go by the quickest.”
“I have learned to find happiness not by possessing wealth and splendor but by giving it away for mankind.”
“I have learned to get pleasure from speaking of pain”
“I have learned to go fully in the face of my dreams. I would recommend you do the same. Now is the time in your life to be selfish. To explore. To take chances. Remember being selfish is not the same as being self-indulgent. You have the gift of time. Use it to do what you love. Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.”
“I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.”
“I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself.”
“I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.”
“I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person's neck that says 'Make me feel important.”
Source: Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur
“I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I've learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.”
“I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.”
“I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.”
“I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.”
“I have learned to live by faith, which does not mean that I live by a set of unwavering beliefs or dogma that men laid down ages ago to keep their power by controlling others.”
Source: Untamed
“I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow.”
“I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.”
“I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning.”
Source: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.”
Source: ANNE SHIRLEY Complete Series - ALL 14 Books in One Volume: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more: Including the Memoirs & Letters of Lucy Maud Montgomery
“I have learned to love myself. I have set myself free. I am like fire. I am rising and walking into my freedom.
I am stronger without you. I am not perfect, but I do know that I am amazing. I have learned to love myself. I have set myself free. I am like fire. I am rising and walking into my freedom.”
Source: Dying on The Inside and Suffocating on The Outside
“I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.”
“I Have Learned to Love Without fear but yet people always break you with no regret.”
“I have learned to not let a bad race or failure bring me down, and always walking away with something positive and learning from mistakes so I can be better or stronger next time.”
“I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.”
“I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place.”
Source: Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
“I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. We are a motley crew, distinguished not only by our inability to explain ourselves to those who are more certain of their beliefs than we are but in many cases by our distance from the centers of our faith communities as well.”
Source: Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
“I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.”
Source: Poems
“I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.”
“I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...”
“I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think.”
Source: Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett
“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”
“I have learned to smoke because I need something to hold onto.”
Source: By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept ; And, The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals
“I have learned to take a bit more off and rest a little deeper.”
“I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.”
“I have learned to walk: ever since, I let myself run. I have learned to fly: ever since, I do not want to be pushed before moving along.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“I have learned to walk: since then I have run. I have learned to fly: since then I do not have to be pushed in order to move. Now I am nimble, now I fly, now I see myself under myself, now a god dances within me.”
Source: Nietzschean narratives
“I have learned to write about things that are personal without objectifying anybody or anything, and that's been an important lesson for me. It's useful not to dump on people while simultaneously expressing a truth or a feeling if it's necessary, without diluting the intensity of the lyric.”
“I have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is required when you get there.”