"If you could erase all the mistakes of your past, you would also erase all the wisdom of your present."
- Anonymous
"If you could erase all the mistakes of your past, you would also erase all the wisdom of your present."
- Anonymousinspiring , Anonymous , experience , failure , mistakes , past , wisdom
"If you can learn from the worst times of your life, then you'll be ready to go into the best times of your life."
- Anonymousinspiring , Anonymous , bad-times , better-days , experience , hard-times , lessons , life , past
"There are no regrets in life. Just lessons."
- Jennifer Anistoninspiring , Jennifer Aniston , experience , lessons , life , mistakes , regret
"Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen."
- Amy Winehouseinspiring , Amy Winehouse , bad-times , creativity , experience , express-yourself , music
"Every experience has its element of magic"
- Hermann Hesse
"Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories."
- Ralph Waldo Emersonmotivational , Ralph Waldo Emerson , experience , failure , growth , success , victory , winning
"I'm stronger because I had to be, I'm smarter because of my mistakes, happier because of the sadness I've known and now wiser because I've learned."
- Anonymousinspiring , Anonymous , experience , growth , life , maturity , mistakes , strong , wise
"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."
- Maya Angeloumotivational , Maya Angelou , change , circumstances , experience , growth , progress
"I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn't have stumbled upon my strength."
- Alexandra Ellemotivational , Alexandra Elle , experience , growth , lessons , pain , strength , struggle , thankful
"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."
- Henry Fordmotivational , Henry Ford , ability , experience , knowledge , learning , skill
"You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them"
- Orison Swett Mardeninspiring , motivational , Orison Swett Marden , experience , failure , learning , mistakes
"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."
- Eleanor Rooseveltinspiring , motivational , Eleanor Roosevelt , adventure , alive , enjoy , enthusiasm , experience , fearless , life , live , passion , purpose
"Turn your wounds into wisdom"
- Oprah Winfreyinspiring , Oprah Winfrey , experience , hurt , pain , wisdom
"Failure may be an unbelievable gift in disguise if you use it to make better decisions in the future."
- Tony Robbinsmotivational , Tony Robbins , decisions , experience , failure , growth , learning , lessons , mistakes
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
- Soren Kierkegaardinspiring , Soren Kierkegaard , experience , future , life , look-forward , past , present , understanding
"Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you."
- Benjamin Franklininspiring , motivational , Benjamin Franklin , experience , failure , learning , lessons , mistakes , moving-on
"The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow."
- Anonymousmotivational , Anonymous , experience , hard-times , hurt , pain , sports , strength , today , tomorrow , training , workout-exercise
"The good things of prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
- Senecamotivational , Seneca , adversity , difficulties , experience , growth , hard-times , lessons , self-improvement
"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."
- Plutarchmotivational , Plutarch , experience , failure , future , learning , mistakes , self-improvement , wisdom , wise
"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don´t give up."
- Robert Tewmotivational , Robert Tew , difficulties , encouraging , experience , hard-times , perseverance , strength , struggle , workout-exercise
"Life is a beautiful collection of temporary experiences. Treasure your unique collection, and enjoy sharing it with others."
- Matt Kahninspiring , Matt Kahn , beauty , companionship , experience , life , memories , moments , uniqueness
"Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world."
- Wayne Dyerlaw-of-attraction , Wayne Dyer , attitude , experience , hate , life , loving , manifestation , people , world
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
- Maya Angeloumotivational , Maya Angelou , defeat , experience , failure , growth , lessons , regret , self-improvement , unstoppable
"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."
- Paulo Coelhoinspiring , motivational , Paulo Coelho , boldness , courage , decisions , experience , mistakes , risks
"True forgiveness is when you can say, 'Thank you for that experience.'"
- Oprah Winfreyinspiring , Oprah Winfrey , experience , forgiveness , growth , moving-on
"It’s fine to celebrate success. But it’s better to heed the lessons of failure."
- Bill Gatesmotivational , Bill Gates , experience , failure , learning , lessons , success
"Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."
- Denis Waitleyinspiring , Denis Waitley , alive , experience , grace , gratitude , happiness , life , live , love , now , slow-down
"Wisdom is the daughter of experience."
- Leonardo da Vinciinspiring , Leonardo da Vinci , experience , learning , life , wisdom
"Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy, however stable these experiences may have become to others."
- Abraham Maslowinspiring , law-of-attraction , Abraham Maslow , appreciation , experience , gratitude , innocence , life , moments , positive-thinking , thankful , wonder
"Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life."
- Thich Nhat Hanhinspiring , Thich Nhat Hanh , experience , knowledge , learning , lessons , life , truth
"The past is over and cannot be changed. This is the only moment I can experience."
- Louise Hayinspiring , law-of-attraction , Louise Hay , affirmation , experience , letting-go , moments , moving-on , now , past , present
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
- Anne Bradstreetinspiring , motivational , Anne Bradstreet , adversity , bad-times , contrast , difficulties , experience , hard-times , life
"You have the ability to always allow your true nature to pour through you, and that as you learn to consciously allow your full connection with the You that is your Source, your experience will be one of absolute joy."
- Abraham Hickslaw-of-attraction , Abraham Hicks , ability , bliss , experience , focus , happiness , inner-being , joy , life , source-energy , who-you-are
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
- Confuciusinspiring , Confucius , experience , introspection , lessons , think , wisdom , wise
"Live life fully while you're here."
- Tony Robbinsmotivational , Tony Robbins , celebration , experience , life , live , memories , moments , now , potential , present
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
- Soren Kierkegaardinspiring , Soren Kierkegaard , experience , life , memories , moments , reality , relax , slow-down
"Don't worry about this world; it is not broken. And don't worry about others. You worry more about them than they do. Don't try to protect people from life; just let them have their experience while you focus upon your own experience."
- Abraham Hickslaw-of-attraction , Abraham Hicks , all-is-well , detachment , experience , life , people , relationship , society , world , worry
"The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view."
- Jack Kerouacinspiring , Jack Kerouac , experience , journey , learning , lessons , life , perspective , teacher
"Love is, without question, life’s greatest experience."
- Napoleon Hillinspiring , Napoleon Hill , energy , experience , life , love , romance
"Failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again."
- W Clement Stonemotivational , W Clement Stone , experience , failure , learning , persistence , try-again