There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection which is the highest. The second is limitation which is the easiest. The third is experience which is the bitterest.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Fame will go by and so long I've had you fame. If it goes by I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience but that's not where I live.

Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict every experience and learn from it. Life is never dull.

Good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

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.

If history repeats itself and the unexpected always happens how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.