You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character. 

A mother is a child's first looking glass into the world.

Some blessings do not look like blessings initially, but later you realize you are in fact better off the way things turned out.

School is about gaining knowledge.Relationships are about gaining knowledge.Talents and abilities are about gaining knowledge.The world in its universe is about gaining knowledge.Your very existence in time is about gaining knowledge.If the days are passing by and you are not gaining knowledge, seriously stop and examine why not.

We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength.

Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve as both toys and food, big dogs like to snuggle, falling isn’t flying, cream drips from lazy cows, water should be avoided at all costs, baths don’t require getting wet, kindness and cruelty often fall from the same hand, and engines remain comfortably warm long after the motor dies.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

Some things can't be taught; they can only be discovered.

Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me.