Quotes about Experience

Validation comes to us in two ways: through trials we overcome, and through the words of older men.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.

Memories were not always pleasant, she decided. Memories could bring pain, too.

If we are to fight evil in our world—as we are called to do—we cannot harbor deceitfulness in our hearts. May God give us the courage and the strength and the wisdom to live as he wants us to live. He is a holy God. And he is also a God of love. He desires only our good. He will show us what we each must learn from this experience today.

Treasure the moments, her heart whispered. If you don't learn to treasure the moments, you'll never be able to treasure the memories.

We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice.

You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.

The best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work on becoming the church we dream of.

Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.

In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I'm grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.

Whatever I'm writing comes organically out of my life.