“Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live in our people's minds and lives.” PeopleShouldMindLevelsGenerationsGoes OnLessonsAncestorThis Generation Author:Mumia Abu-Jamal
“As I accepted the change of the golden hair of my childhood to the reddish-brown hair of my youth without regret, so I also accept my silver hair-and I am ready to accept the time when my hair and the rest of my clay garment returns to the dust from which it came, while my spirit goes on to freer living. It is the season for my hair to be silver, and each season has its lessons to teach. Each season of life is wonderful if you have learned the lessons of the season before. It is only when you go on with lessons unlearned that you wish for a return.” IfsLife IsSpiritWishAcceptingTeachWonderfulChildhoodYouthReadyRegretHairGoes OnReturnLessonsSeasonsAgingAcceptedGoldenDustBrownSilverClayGarmentsSeasons Of LifeBrown HairGolden HairLife Is Wonderful Author:Peace Pilgrim
“I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.” SeemsSportsHistoryGoes OnLessonsCompareNonsenseWithout YouEphemeralLife Goes OnTransitoryHelenMoody Author:Billie Jean King
“To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave.” PersonsArtImportantEndsCertainGoes OnHealthyLessonsLetting GoIllusionWaveLikesThe End Of The DayImportant LessonsLearn To Let Go Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Lessons will repeat to you in various forms until you have learned them. When you have learned them, you can then go on to the next lesson.” FormNextGoes OnLessonsVariousRepeats Book:If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human as Introduced in Chicken Soup for the Soul Source: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human as Introduced in Chicken Soup for the Soul
“Were it not for the consciousness of Christ in my life, hour by hour, I could not go on. But He is teaching me the glorious lessons of His sufficiency, and each day I am carried onward with no feeling of strain or fear of collapse.” FeelingsChristHoursConsciousnessTeachingGoes OnLessonsGloriousEach DayCollapseStrainSufficiency Author:Hudson Taylor
“I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped because it was so time-consuming. But then I realized that I had access to this world where I could go on auditions. And there wasn't too much of an identity crisis when I started acting professionally because I had been acting longer than I had been writing. It didn't feel new.” WorldFeelsWritingYearsPlayKidsSchoolVoiceCommunityActingToo MuchIdentityThis WorldGoes OnLessonsProgramTheaterCrisisSevenAccessI RealizedAuditionsSeven YearsConsumingIdentity CrisisTime Consuming Author:Tavi Gevinson
“I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.” WantRememberPiecesGoes OnLessonsMovedPianoPiano Lesson Author:Stephen Sondheim