Quotes and Sayings about Experience

Simba: "Ouh. Jeez, what was that for?"
Rafiki: "It doesn't matter, it's in the past."
Simba: "Yeah, but it still hurts."
Rafiki: "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."

Oh yes. The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

I'm strong, because I've been weak.
I'm fearless, because I've been afraid.
I am wise, because I've been foolish.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

To regret one's own experience is to arrest one's own development.

There's a benefit about losing: you get to learn from your mistakes.

A mind that is stretched by new experiences, can never go back to its old dimensions.

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.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.

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

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Experiences are like seeds that grow wisdom.

It's not important to be better than others. It's important to be better than you've been the day before.

In my book, experience outranks everything.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

But I will not lose, for even in defeat
There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens it up for me

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

If you live long enough you see the same eyes in different people.

Let's have a toast. For the hits life throws our way. With time, they're what make you stronger, young man.

You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

Experience is the best teacher.

You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it.

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Experience is useless if you don't learn from it.

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

You learn more from the negative things.

Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.

Win or lose, I always learn something.

Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.

There are some things you only learn through experience.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

I didn't study; I live.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.