Quotes about Lessons

To reach something good, it is useful to have gone astray.

It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty.

What might God be trying to grow in your character or cement in your relationship with Him by keeping you separated from some of the things you want but don't yet have?

Life is a school and problems are the curriculum.

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God.

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God.

It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.

Occasionally he took us on a picnic or a camping trip and taught us many valuable lessons. The chief one was to remember that camping was a good way to find out people's characters. Those who were selfish showed it very soon, in that they wanted the best bed or the best food and did not want to do their share of the work.

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.

Character is to some extent judged by what a man does with his falls. A pig falls into the mud and stays there; a sheep falls in and climbs out.

I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I'm home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, 'Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.'

I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.