100+ Lessons Learned Quotes to Inspire Growth & Success

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Failure teaches success more than success ever teaches failure.

It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

When you fall, get back up. That’s how you learn to walk.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Good things come to those who wait, but better things come to those who work while they wait.

Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you act while you're waiting.

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.

Everything has its season; there is a time and a place for everything under heaven.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything gets accomplished.

Trust the process. Growth takes time.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

Wait long enough, and your biggest problems will solve themselves.

The best way to predict the future is to plant trees today.

Delays are not denials.

Hurry never helped anyone grow.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together—over time.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The most profound relationship you’ll ever have is the one with yourself.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Growth begins when we confront what we’ve avoided.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself into one.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

We do not need to escape our lives—we need to return to them.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.

Storms don’t last forever, but people do.

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Change is the only constant in life.

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

You must welcome change as the law of life.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Letting go means coming to the realization that some people are part of your history, but not your destiny.

The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high.

Knowledge is power, but experience is wisdom.

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Wisdom comes not from knowing, but from living.

The older I get, the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Life doesn’t give us purpose. We give life purpose.

The best lessons in life are learned through scars, not textbooks.

True wisdom is knowing how little you know.

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

What you learn after you know it all is worth knowing.

Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

Letting go isn’t giving up, it’s accepting that there are things that cannot be.

You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

Release the past so the present can breathe.

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are part of your history, but not your destiny.

Detach with love.

Moving on doesn’t mean forgetting—it means choosing peace over pain.

Holding on hurts more than letting go ever will.

Let go of the idea that you can control everything.

You can’t pour into someone else if you’re still holding onto empty bottles.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

Letting go allows space for something better to enter.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.

Everyone you meet knows something you don’t—learn from them.

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.

Stay humble, stay teachable.

The foolish man thinks he knows everything; the wise man knows he knows nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Listen to understand, not to reply.

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books.

Arrogance blocks learning. Humility opens doors.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.

Learn from everyone, even your enemies.

The smartest people are those who learn from everyone else.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.

Dream big. Start small. Keep going.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

Love teaches us patience, forgiveness, and the courage to be vulnerable.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Not every relationship that ends was a failure—some were lessons.

Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Relationships are mirrors—they show us what we need to heal.

You don’t lose when a relationship ends—you gain wisdom.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.

Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship.

Some people come into your life as blessings. Others come as lessons.

To be loved and to love well is the highest form of growth.

Healthy relationships don’t drain you. They renew you.

The deepest lessons in love are often taught in silence.