Experience

I am a part of everything that I have read.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

Theodore Roosevelt

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Benjamin Franklin

I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Albert Einstein

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Theodore Roosevelt

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Thomas Jefferson

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.