10 Short Encouraging Quotes That Illustrate Lessons Learned From Empire

This article will deliver 10 short encouraging quotes that illustrate the lessons we’ve learned from the Empire TV show.  The show is so enjoyable that sometimes we fail to realize that it is teaching us valuable life lessons.

Bryshere Y. Gray
Bryshere Y. Gray

Empire-haters will quickly point to the fact that the show features two parents (Cookie and Lucious) who have served time in prison in an attempt to argue that Empire does not offer any life lessons yet they are wrong.  It’s not how we make mistakes but how we correct them that defines us.

This list includes some Godly inspirational quotes along with quotes about life being short.  From Lucious Lyon to Cookie, the show’s talented cast provides some great advice that we must implement in our daily lives.
Some of the you only live once quotes included in this post remind us that we have to live every day like it’s our last! YOLO as Drake puts it.  We have to Live Love Life!
Godly inspirational quotes can certainly compliment Andre’s journey on the show while Cookie’s 17 years in prison enable us to appreciate the following you only live once quotes.  Cookie’s cousin Bunkie forces us to listen to all those wonderful quotes about life being short that our loved ones have shared with us for years.
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10. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. -Arthur Ashe

Cookie Lyon Crying Empire
Cookie Lyon Crying Empire

9. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind -Dr. Seuss

Jamal Lyon You're So Beautiful Empire
Jamal Lyon You’re So Beautiful Empire
8. Life is about making an impact, not making an income. -Kevin Krouse

Lucious Lyon Empire
Lucious Lyon Empire
7. Whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. -Napolean Hill

Andre Lyon Empire
Andre Lyon Empire
6. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up. -Nelson Mandela

Jamal Lyon Empire
Jamal Lyon Empire

5. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. -Martin Luther King Jr.

Hakeem Lyon Cookie Empire Kiss
Hakeem Lyon Cookie Empire Kiss
4. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

Lucious Lyon Empire
Lucious Lyon Empire
3. I would rather die of passion than of boredom. –Vincent van Gogh

Andre Lyon Empire
Andre Lyon Empire

2. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. -Oprah Winfrey

Cookie Lyon Empire
Cookie Lyon Empire
1. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost. -President Barack Obama

Hakeem Lyon Empire Rap Battle
Hakeem Lyon Empire Rap Battle

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