Experience

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.

William Arthur Ward

Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves.

Chanakya

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Heraclitus

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

Remember, some of the best times of your life haven't even happened yet.

Doug Carwright

We are all the lucky vacationers enjoying our stay in Hotel Earth.

Jay Shetty

We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them.

Alfred Adler

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

African proverbs

The same external events or circumstances affect no two people alike; even with perfectly similar surroundings every one lives in a world of his own.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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

Abigail Van Buren

Perspective comes with time.

Robert Greene

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment.

Alan Alexander Milne

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Sophia Loren

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Albert Einstein

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

Betty Smith

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

Tom Bodett

An old dog does not bark for nothing.

Italian proverbs

A donkey does not stumble twice over the same stone.

French proverbs

Wind in the face makes a man wise.

French proverbs

What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.

C.S Lewis