Quotes about Experience

“As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the tooth fairy sneaks into our rooms at night to put money under our pillow. Everything amazes us, and we think anything is possible. We continuously experience life with a sense of newness and unbridled curiosity.”

“I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.”

“Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.”

“We rarely think to mark the trail for others to follow. 'Live and learn,' we say, acknowledging the value of experience. We usually forget about 'Live and teach.'”

“See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.”

“Faces are the ledgers of our experience.”

“The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.”

“It's very personal to me and doesn't work for everybody, but what I have found in my experience is that when I make pro and con lists, it's usually because I am trying to talk myself out of a good idea or talk myself into a really bad one.”

“The laws of nature are structured so that we grow and change, and get to experience the full spectrum of biological existence.”

“I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.”

“I am whatever you want me to be and I can't control that. My experience is my experience, but I can't really claim anything. I know when I take my wig off at night and I have to twist my hair up, I'm black. But I don't get too personal most of the time.”

“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”

“Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we could work and the option to spend as much time in their stores as we wanted without any pressure to buy. The coffee was incidental.”

“I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing.”

“We're still growing into that place of higher consciousness; we are becoming a global conscience. The idea is to unravel the onion and let go of the ego and evolve to that place where you perceive everything to be a beautiful experience rather than a daunting experience.”

“I'm very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.”

“If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.”

“There were some things that settled into my heart very early into my life and ministry... The two most dominant realities that captivated my heart very early in my Christian experience were the authority of Scripture and the necessity of holiness.”

“No experience is necessary to push yourself past what you think you can do.”

“When you become a mother, it's a common thing that you just want to put every ounce of your being into your child, which is a very beautiful experience.”

“What is easy is seldom excellent.”