EXPERIENCE
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“So keep strict watch that how you walk is not unwise but as wise persons.” – Apostle Paul – Eph. 5:15 – The BIBLE
The wisdom of the wise, the experience of the ages, may be preserved by quotation. – Benjamin Disraeli
Experience comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done badly. – Theodore Levitt
A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt
I’ve learned that you should never say “no” to a gift from a child. – Andy Rooney
Experience is the name everyone gives their mistakes. – Oscar Wilde
The best index to a person’s character is (1) how he treats people who can’t do him any good (2) and how he treats people who can’t fight back. – Abigail van Buren
If we continue to develop our technology, without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. – General Omar Bradley
It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass
No one has ever achieved anything, from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first. – Laura Engalls Wilder
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. – English proverb
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – Henry Ford
Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today. – James Dean
Mistakes are the usual bridges between inexperience and wisdom. – Phyllis Therous
A friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of our grief and bereavement, who can’t tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. – Henri Nouwen
It does not matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop. – Confucius
It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. – Marilyn Monroe
Running water purifies itself—stagnant water becomes distilled poison. – Gary Pulliam
If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there. – Will Rogers
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“The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring strength. The reminder of Jehovah is trust-worthy, making the inexperienced one wise.” – King David – Psalm 19:7 – The BIBLE
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal
Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton
Adversity is the first path to truth. – Mohandas Gandhi
Character matters. Leadership descends from character. – Rush Limbaugh
My house was so small I had to go outside to change my mind – Me, as a kid in Hurt Village in Memphis TN.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all these. – George Washington Carver
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. – Anais Nin
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with their heart. – Helen Keller
“Prison not only rots a man, it preserves him.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt
There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience. – Archibald McLeish
The further behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. – Isabella Eberhardt
OOPS! – Everyone
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
Every artist is at first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi
The dream is not the destination, but the journey. – Diane Swayer
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln
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You must have been warned about letting some of those golden hours pass by. Yes, but some of them are golden because we let them pass by. – James M. Barrie
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. – Dolly Parton
Don’t find fault, find remedy. – Henry Ford
“Whatever she planted grew as if by magic, and her fame as a grower of flowers grew over three counties. Because of her creativity, even my memories of poverty are seen through a screen of blooms.” – Alice Walker – IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHER’S GARDENS
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Nothing in fine print is ever good news. – Andy Rooney
Hindsight is a 20/20 exact science. – Gary Pulliam (just kidding) – Anonymous
A rose atones for its thorns by its beauty just as a bee atones for its sting by making honey. – Victor Hugo
The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright or promising. Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. – Maya Angelou
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom – M. Scott Peck
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. – Max Lucado
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers. – Paula Poundstone
The squeaking wheel doesn’t always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced. – Vic Gold
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – George Carlin
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency. – Natalie Goldberg
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very longtime. – Andrew Gide
A habit is something you can do without thinking—which is why most of us have so many of them. – Frank A. Clark
Infrequent verbal expressions of love are like trying to fit old shoes on a teenager—they just don’t fit. You can never go back. – Leo Buscaglia –LOVE
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We’re all in this…alone. – Lily Tomlin
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. – Frank Capra
Talk is not wasted affection. Affection is never wasted. – Henry W. Longfellow
Do or do not—there is no try. – Yoda – STAR WARS
If you never want to see a man again, say, “I love you, I want to marry you, and I want to have children.” They leave skid marks! – Rita Rudner
You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. – Gary Pulliam
Anger is not only inevitable, it is necessary. Its absence means indifference, the most disastrous of all human failings. – Arthur Ponsomby
Emotion is energy in motion. Guilt is theenergy for personal change–Unknown
Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac—it’s great for the first two weeks. – Lewis Grizzard
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. – Warren Buffett.
Discipline is learned through the seat of the pants—that’s what buns are for. Many parents train their dogs more than their kids. – Paul Harvey
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears, as young as your hope, as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart is a recording chamber, so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, you are young. – Betty Pitzer
Just remember, I know a whole lot more about being young than you know about being old. – A father to his teenage son
Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it. – Chinese Proverb
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. – Lauren Becall
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. – H. Jackson Browne Jr.
Success is always temporary. When it’s all said and done, the only thing you have left is your character. – Vince Gill
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenager. – P. J. O’Rourke
Do not believe those persons who say they’ve never been jealous. What they mean is they have never been in love. – Gerald Brenan – THOUGHTS IN A DRY SEASON
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Don’t squat with your spurs on. – Will Rogers
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. – Dennis Waitley
Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. – Art Linkletter
To be angry is easy, but to be angry with the right man and at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy. – Aristotle
Grief is an examination. There is no judge so searching as conscience conducting its own trial. – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney
If we have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. – Isaac Newton
Anger is the condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind. – Unknown
Depression is merely anger without the enthusiasm. – Larry, the Cable Guy
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi
It’s better to aim at perfection and miss it than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it. – Thomas Watson
Good judgment comes from experience, and most experiences come from bad judgment. – Will Rogers
The pain passes, but the beauty remains. – Pierre August Renoir
There is no exercise better than reaching down and lifting people up. – John Andrews Holmes
True happiness is…to enjoy the present without depending on the future. – Seneca
We basically go back to children when we’re in the dentist’s chair. – Arthur Benjamin
While we have the gift of life, it seems that the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die—whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. – Gilda Radner
You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. – Isak Dinesen
It’s the little things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it’s the little differences that make them interesting. – Todd Rothman
He who hesitates is not necessarily lost, but he may not be able to get another chance to get off the freeway for a while. – The story of my life
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My mama always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.” – Tom Hanks as FORREST GUMP – Phil Roth (Screenplay)
No! – Probably the most used quote in human history
I’ve learned that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you. – Andy Rooney
The cure for boredom is curiosity—there is no cure for curiosity. – Dorothy Parker
Whether you think you can, or think you can’t—you are right. – Henry Ford
There is no psychyiarist in the world like a puppy licking your face. – Ben Williams
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient—then repent. – Bob Dylan
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Lao Tzu
Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on a carousel never gets picked up? – Erma Bombeck
We’re all proud of our little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we never make any big ones. – Andy Rooney
Whatever begins in anger ends in shame. – Winston Churchill
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln
I really like human beings that have suffered. They’re kinder. – Emma Thompson
Victor Hugo matured in his grief. One of his daughters went insane. Adele, his wife, died. In 1871 one of his sons died. In 1873 the other died. He carried these tragedies as a personal portfolio of grief and guilt. At 80 years, Hugo was a sage—and the poet of the common man. He stayed in political exile on the island of Guernsey for nineteen years. – Gary Pulliam
Remember, behind every cynic is a romantic, and probably an injured one. – Glenn Beck
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time try to fail better. – Samuel Beckett
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher
People will pay more to be entertained than to be educated. – Johnny Carson
When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. – Viktor Frankl
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We have been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We are cleaning up the air, but polluted the soul. We have conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, but we communicate less and less. – George Carlin
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. – Lily Tomlin
“Destiny never opens a door without shutting the other.” – Victor Hugo – MAN WHO LAUGHS
Spaceship earth came with a set of instructions. It says, “He that does not work, let him not eat.” It says women should wear modest apparel. It says don’t steal anything. It says sleep only with your wife. It says you don’t do as you want, you do as you ought. If that rule book were not divinely inspired, it would still be the best blueprint for orderly existence. If it did not promise life in the hereafter, it would still contain the best formula for a good life here. – Paul Harvey
The most destructive criticism is indifference. – E. W. Howe
Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous. – Albert Einstein
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to the others. – Confucius
Some persons spend their whole lifetime searching endlessly for that special person who will change their life, and it never crosses their mind that the person might be themselves. – Unknown
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. – Kurt Vonnegut
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. – Italian proverb
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. – Soren Kierkegaard
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. – Abraham Lincoln
Nothing is more memorable than SMELL. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains: another, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant landmines hidden under a weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth. – Diane Ackerman
I’ve learned that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful things in the world. – Andy Rooney
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to ponder and reflect. – Mark Twain
We don’t see things as they are—we see them as we are. – Anais Nin
Loneliness at its worse is when those closest to you cease communicating with you for unknown reasons. – Gary Pulliam
Turn your wounds into wisdom. – Oprah Winfrey
