Experience Quotes

“Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves – and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.” ~ Helen Keller

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” ~ Helen Keller

“The only source of knowledge is experience.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.” ~ Warren Bennis

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” ~ T. S. Eliot

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.” ~ Bruce Lee

“I’m not saying that you should deny the difficult events of your life. But the fact that you survived is also a wonderful story to tell. And that story, the story of the way you came through a difficult situation, found resources within yourself or outside of yourself, gleaned from that experience what you wanted and what you didn’t want going forward — that is a story that can inspire you and others to heal and grow.” ~ Golda Poretsky

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” ~ Barry LePatner