Experience Quotes

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him..

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Go without a coat when it's cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what it's all about. The only time you define your character is when you go without. In times of hardship, you find out what you're really made of and what you're capable of. If you're never tested, you'll never define your character.

There is no education in the second kick of a mule

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first, and the lesson afterwards.

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Many people make the same kind of mistake when they seek "happiness." You can't get happiness directly. You have to find out what experiences make you happy and seek those out — and the result is happiness.

All experience is an arch to build upon.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The road to wisdom? — Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.