40 Inspirational Quotes on Experience (DISCOVER)

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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. - Heraclitus — No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – Heraclitus

Turn your wounds into wisdom. ― Oprah Winfrey — Turn your wounds into wisdom. ― Oprah Winfrey

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Søren Kierkegaard — Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Søren Kierkegaard

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ― Eleanor Roosevelt — The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

The only source of knowledge is experience. - Albert Einstein — The only source of knowledge is experience. – Albert Einstein

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ― Truman Capote — Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ― Truman Capote

Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar — Experience is the teacher of all things. – Julius Caesar

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. ― Thomas Paine

Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other. - Thomas Carlyle — Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other. – Thomas Carlyle

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. - Oscar Wilde — Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. – Oscar Wilde

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“Life is a series of experience, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.”
Henry Ford

Fill your life with experiences. Not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. - James Russell Lowell — One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. – James Russell Lowell

Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector’s item. - Isaac Marion — Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector’s item. – Isaac Marion

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. - Muhammad Ali — The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. – Muhammad Ali

Some things cannot be taught; they must be experienced. You never learn the most valuable lessons in life until you go through your own journey. ― Roy T. Bennett — Some things cannot be taught; they must be experienced. You never learn the most valuable lessons in life until you go through your own journey. ― Roy T. Bennett

Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience. ― Roy T. Bennett — Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience. ― Roy T. Bennett

Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions. - Rita Mae Brown — Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions. – Rita Mae Brown

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes — A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. - Terry Pratchett — Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. – Terry Pratchett

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves. ― Paulo Coelho — People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves. ― Paulo Coelho

Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced. ― John Keats — Nothing ever becomes real ’til it is experienced. ― John Keats

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. - C.S. Lewis — Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. – C.S. Lewis

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. - Albert Einstein — The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. – Albert Einstein

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. - Emily Dickinson — The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. – Emily Dickinson

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“There are many arts among men, the knowledge of which is acquired bit by bit by experience. For it is experience that causeth our life to move forward by the skill we acquire, while want of experience subjects us to the effects of chance.”
Plato

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. - George Bernard Shaw — Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. – George Bernard Shaw

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson — All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. - William Osler — The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. – William Osler

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade forever and forever as we move. - Lord Tennyson — All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade forever and forever as we move. – Lord Tennyson

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

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books. - Benjamin Disraeli — Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books. – Benjamin Disraeli

Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald. - Belgian Proverb — Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald. – Belgian Proverb

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. - Immanuel Kant — Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. – Immanuel Kant

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision. - Indira Gandhi — Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision. – Indira Gandhi

By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering. - Roger Ascham — By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering. – Roger Ascham

Experience is a cruel teacher. It gives a test before presenting the lesson.

Experience is a lesson of the past to lessen the burden of the future. - Michael Sage — Experience is a lesson of the past to lessen the burden of the future. – Michael Sage

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. - Khalil Gibran — We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. – Khalil Gibran

The years teach much which the days never know. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — The years teach much which the days never know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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