Life Lessons Quote by Anne Lamott — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.”

“Every Sunday I nudge Sam in her direction, and he walks to where she is sitting and hugs her. She smells him behind the ears, where he most smells like sweet unwashed new potatoes. This is in fact what I think God may smell like, a young child's slightly dirty neck.”

“...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.”

“Laughter is carbonated holiness.”

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”

“Joy is the best makeup.”

“Move and avoid excuses. A better future awaits those who are not afraid to make the right moves.”

“You carry/All the ingredients/To turn your life into a nightmare--/Don't mix them!”

“Better be a happy insincere than a troubled righteous, who complains about the unjust world all the time.”

“Do not waste valuable time on closed doors. Invest your time and resources in achieving your goals.”

“1. Do what you say you're gonna do”

“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.”