Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
Quotations
Experience
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"
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
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.
-Harvey McKay
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
It’s impossible said pride. It’s risky said experience. It’s pointless said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart.
-Anonymous
