What Are Some Good Quotes About Learning a Lesson and Changing for the Better?

Question by Quartney: what are some good quotes about learning a lesson and changing for the better?
my brother was arrested 2 years ago for some drug charges and is now facing 0-20 years in prison. however, in that 2 years, he has managed to completely turn his life around. he completed a rehab program and finished as “most improved” and “team leader”. he joined church and attends every sunday. he has a job and recently got married. he has been sober for over 6 months, hasn’t missed church in over 5 months, and has maintained a job throughout this time period. we’re writing a letter to the judge for his court hearing and we want to find a good quote about changing for the better and deserving second chances. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Answer by chickadee34
Kudos to your brother. (Kudos to you as well for being so supremely supportive of him.)

I have a massive collection of quotes, and I will be searching through them for quotes that I think might be appropriate for this particular situation. I will be back in just a bit…

Following is a long list of quotes. Forgive me, but I want to give you as much of a variety as possible so as to give you the best chance of finding the one that feels just “right” to you under the circumstances. Best of luck to both you and your brother.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood. Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is never too late to become what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn.” Proverb

“No man was ever wise by chance.” ~ Seneca

“The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success.” Stephen R. Covey

“There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.” ~Shri Haidakhan Babaji

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.” Mary Pickford (1893 – 1979)

“You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.” Author Unknown

“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.” Richard Bach, in ‘A Bridge Across Forever’

“There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.” Seneca

“The greatest glory in living lies in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” Nelson Mandela

“The whole of life, from the moment you are born
to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
-Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” ~ The Emperor (Pat Morita) in “Mulan” (1998).

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” Napoleon Hill

“Everything can be taken from a man but … the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor Frankl:

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” Albert Schweitzer

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” ~Henry Ward Beecher

“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” ~Buddhist Saying

“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” ~Thomas Foxwell Buxton

“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” Epictetus

”You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen

“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.” Tryon Edwards

“You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” Charles F. Kettering

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden

“So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.” – Henri-Frederic Amiel

“Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives.” – Frederick F. Flack

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