Life Lessons Quote by Jonathan Harnisch — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.”

“You can’t be beaten by something you laugh at.”

“It is not what happens to us that matters the most. It is what we do with what happens to us that makes all the difference- Sarath Jayawardana, Uncharted Horizons: A Journey of Resilience”

“When you are wired to focus on accessing an open door, you will not be worried about a closed door at all.”

“Do not allow any closed door to stop the dreamer in you. Keep imagining and creating the future you want to see till your dreams come true.”

“The older I get the less I care what other people think of me. Therefore the older I get the more I enjoy life.”

“People have been on earth in our present form for only about 100,000 years, and in so many ways we’re still ironing out our kinks. These turtles we’ve been traveling with, they outrank us in longevity, having earned three more zeros than we. They’ve got one hundred million years of success on their resume, and they’ve learned something about how to survive in the world. And this, I think, is part of it: they have settled upon peaceful career paths, with a stable rhythm. If humans could survive another one hundred million years, I expect we would no longer find ourselves riding bulls. It’s not so much that I think animals have rights; it’s more that I believe humans have hearts and minds- though I’ve yet to see consistent, convincing proof of either. Turtles may seem to lack sense, but they don’t do senseless things. They’re not terribly energetic, yet they do not waste energy… turtles cannot consider what might happen yet nothing turtles do threatens anyone’s future. Turtles don’t think about the next generation, but they risk and provide all they can to ensure that there will be one. Meanwhile, we profess to love our own offspring above all else, yet above all else it is they from whom we daily steal. We cannot learn to be more like turtles, but from turtles we could learn to be more human. That is the wisdom carried within one hundred million years of survival. What turtles could learn from us, I can’t quite imagine.”