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15 Invaluable Life Lessons Written in Simple Quotes

Culled from well respected authors and high achievers.

Emeka Nwanedo
7 min readMay 23, 2021

True words of wisdom when written in simple quotes have a way of humbling us.

They contain invaluable life-lessons and if applied correctly, can translate to positive changes in our lives forever. When we read them, we are like children again, crossed legged and starry-eyed, taking in and analyzing their every word in ponder.

I haven’t been able to get over many of these kind of quotes so easily. Here’s a handful of them.

1. Happiness

  • “No one can live happily, or even bearably, without the pursuit of wisdom.” — Seneca
  • “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” — Hugh Downs
  • “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
  • “Many people think of excitement as happiness. They are thinking of something or expecting something that they consider to be happiness and for them, that is already happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
  • “Happiness shared in the form of friendships and…

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Emeka Nwanedo
Emeka Nwanedo

Written by Emeka Nwanedo

2X Top Writer and a Published Researcher. I'm in love with lifelong learning. Let's get smarter everyday

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