By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Tag Archives: Experience
Learn from the past
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The power of experience
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Build up experience
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What the world actually values and rewards is experience and confidence… A lot of people are really smart but they actually don’t amount to much.
Dr. Alok Kanojia
Experience life
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Soren Kierkegaard
Remember happiness
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It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.
Chuck Palahniuk
Try it out
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What’s the good of living if you don’t try a few things?
Charles M. Schulz
Pull the trigger and start the learning
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I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.
Mia Hamm
Learning it the hard way
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Vernon Sanders Law
Making own experiences
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
James Russel Lowell