Life Lessons Quote by Judge Judy Sheindlin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“… if I wanted inner peace and happiness, it had to come from me.”

“… women are notoriously underpaid compared to men … Women tend to look for acceptance before compensation. A woman can be told that she’s loved, and needed, and brilliant, and wonderful, and that will be enough to hold her down. Women are hypnotised by that kind of language … Too many women … are still willing to settle for a stroke instead of a contract, a pat on the head instead of a substantial raise or bonus. Don’t do it. Dogs and children get pats on the head. Women in business get cash.”

“Another form of denial is to do with money. A woman may think she is financially secure because her husband is bringing home a good paycheck, but that isn’t necessarily the case. Ask yourself: Do you have control over your own money? Your own, not his.”

“Spending your money on things that give you pleasure once in a while is food for the soul.”

“Woe be the one who hasn’t made it by age thirty. There is something ludicrous about setting the bar for making it at thirty when the average life expectancy is seventy-four. The truth is that each of us has the capacity, if we so desire, to follow different paths at different points in our lives - to put an end to one pursuit and begin another. When you understand that, you’ll see that there is no such thing as failure.”

“To succeed is to seize the opportunity where others see an impossibility.”

“Humanity is a cage, and our puritanical sensibilities comprise the bars. We are confined by our own reason and intellect, and yet most of us don't even know it.”

“Nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Zillah. “Things are not meant to be perfect.”

“Have you ever seen a bird standing still for too long? A short rest and then action again, that's how a bird lives and that's how you should live too!”

“Life is cruel. It plays with you while you spend your time thinking you're the one playing it. You plan, overthink, try to prepare for every possible worst-case scenario, but life still finds a way to hit you from where you least expect. You give everything your time, your love, your soul to people. You make homes out of your friends, your family, your partner. But in the end, you’re just alone. People can walk away. And when they do, you’re left wondering, should we even love at all?”