Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
-George Washington
Quotations
Experience
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Many people know so little 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 "Helen Keller"
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.
-Douglas Adams
"The Salmon of Doubt"
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
