Life Lessons Quote by Sloane Crosley — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“People are less quick to applaud you as you grow older. Life starts out with everyone clapping when you take a poo and goes downhill from there.”

“I got out on the street and started crying the kind of hysterical tears made justifiable only by turning off one’s cell phone, putting it to the ear, and pretending to be told of a death in the family.”

“A tiny thread of help is strong”

“Contrary to popular belief, victory starts with learning a lesson from where you seem too weak.”

“Growth isn’t found in comfort—it’s born in courage. The familiar may feel safe, but it rarely asks more of you. Staying where it’s easy keeps your potential out of reach.”

“That was when I first observed a phenomenon I now call the "New York Slide": you offer your words to try to communicate and connect with someone, but your words just hit a brick wall the person has erected to ward off human contact- the words slide down it and roll away.”

“I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior that motivated hers. So it is that we in life determine our own treatment.”

“The most valuable lessons in life do not come when you are walking or running. They come when you fall down. You better take them and rise up!”