experience Quotes

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

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.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.