Quotes about Experience

Give me a young man in whom there is something of the old, and an old man with something of the young: guided so, a man may grow old in body, but never in mind.

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bi...ed from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.

In God's kingdom, calling trumps credentials every time! God does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called. And the litmus test isn't experience or expertise. It's availability and teachability. If you are willing to go when God gives you a green light, He will take you to inaccessible places to do impossible things.

Our lives are not just measured in minutes. They are measured in moments—moments when the minutes stand still.

Even when you have a setback, God has already prepared your comeback. The God who works all things together for good will leverage every experience, every skill, every mistake, and every bit of knowledge you have acquired.

Time is measured in minutes, while life is measured in moments.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter.