I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.
I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
I’ve learned that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse.
I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.
I’ve learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.
I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I’ve learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I’ve learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I’ve learned that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.
I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.
I’ve learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.
I’ve learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.
I’ve learned that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.
I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you are to learn to forgive yourself.
I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.
I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I’ve learned that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
I’ve learned that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.
I’ve learned that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I’ve learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.
I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I’ve learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I’ve learned that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.
I’ve learned that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings, and standing up for what you believe.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
-Omer B. Washington
Looks like you have learned a lot about life already. It should serve you well as you proceed onward. May you continue to learn and love life for many years!
Thank you! Thanks for stopping by.
Nice. Like it all xx
Thank you, Judith!
awesome
loved it
I am so happy to hear that!
It was good but I don’t like how you used other peoples quotes as if they were yours
This was a story I heard several years ago and stuck with me, but I never knew the author so thank you for bringing that up. I have since credited the author, Heinrich Böll.
after reading this blog post i have a new outlook on my incoming future problems. thank you. i bookmarked this page. inspiring. keep it up.
I am so happy to hear that.
Thank you for stopping by!
Glad to see a phx girl with some depth.
As a rule I don’t like lists like this, but this list is different. Very insightful, very true, to be savored rather than speed-read.
There’re so many meaningful sentences here. I will write them down on my notebook. But I wonder this sentence
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
It sounds like a threat!
You have learned many valuable things in life. Now it is up to you to either go with it or against it. (which I am sure you will go with it because it is quite lovely and accurate)
Love is like a brick you can build a house or sink a dead body.
Very touching, i must have read it right the moment i needed to read something like this. Thank you.
needs a talent to write something like this..
nice ones, very touching also ………… it really helps to learn from others experience. Thank You.
I love these words. They are all so true. Thank you for this. I found it through Stumbleupon actually and I’m glad I did!
You are 22? It has taken me nearly 50 years to learn these lessons! -thank you, Old Soul, for stating them so clearly.
Lovely words to live by!
great talent. Nice!
I needed to hear/read some of these. Thank you.
I’m happy to hear that. It truly makes my day.
This is exactly what I needed to hear
I absolutely love this..it means so much to hear this.
I have learned a lot of the same things as Omer has in my time on Earth.
I am still learning and will to the day I leave Earth.
nice & meaningful words >>bless u
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Long but awsome
This is amazing. Its exactly what i needed to read at a time like this. Thankyou =)
very very nice, and truthful !
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wow very nice to read
Wow. This makes me view life from an entirely different point of view.
Thank you. 
I stumbled here, and I lo ve it!
I’ll keep reading your blog
Thank you! I’m glad you like it!
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I am speechless,its brilliant!
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I love this. Thank you for providing me some nice words to keep me motivated tonight. I’ll be following your blog.
-Really Random Randy
Thanks Randy!
so much more inspiring than some mindless smarmy quote like trust jesus or some religious garbage. There is actual depth in these simple phrases
This was really beautiful and eye-opening. I appreciate you sharing it with us. I know that this wasn’t written for me, but some of it feels like it is. It directly applies to some of the issues that I’ve been dealing with. I didn’t know how to deal with them until I read this. Again, I thank you.
I’m so happy to hear that it found you at an appropriate time.
I feel like some of the things you posted taught me something new, and the ones I had forgotten, you made me remember.
Thank you.
I love it! Wonderful and insightful!
“I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.”
This one is my favorite, and is a main point in my life.
LOVE LOVES TO LOVE LOVE