Experience Quotes

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." "The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future." "Experience is the teacher of all things" "Illusion is the first of all pleasures." "To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while." "The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety." "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." "You cannot create experience. You must undergo it" "I'm not interested in telling you what happened to me, I'm interested in telling you what happened to them." "People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves." "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." "In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield" "Good food and good eating are about risk." "The journey is part of the experience—an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca." "Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing." "Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience." "When you make a mistake, you are presented with an opportunity to gain wisdom. And the only way to experience true wisdom is through your mistakes." "Memory is the mother of all wisdom." "A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers." "It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune."