Quotes about Wisdom from Experience

If we cannot learn wisdom from experience, it is hard to say where it is to be found. Votes: 4

The ultimate goal of education is to gain wisdom from experiences. Votes: 3

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. Votes: 2

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. Votes: 1

Wisdom is not to be obtained from textbooks, but must be coined out of human experience in the flame of life. Votes: 1

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. Votes: 1

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others. Votes: 1

Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it. Votes: 1

As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time. Votes: 1

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. Votes: 1

I'm exploring the maturity, the wisdom that just comes from having gone around the sun 50 times. My experience is, 'Oh, I'm never really going to get it right. I'm never going to get it done. But that's not the point here.' The point is the journey. Votes: 1

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring. Votes: 1

Being involved in movies is my passion. What's gotten me off the mat is the sense of the child in all of us. I feel like the same guy as I did back in the mail room, but with more wisdom, from the depths of experience to the heights. Votes: 1

Wisdom comes from intent, experience, and finding courage. Votes: 0

Knowledge comes from reading but wisdom comes from experience of living. Votes: 0

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. Votes: 0

Experience comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done badly. Votes: 0

The knowledge we gain from textbooks can never measure to the wisdom we gain through experience. Votes: 0

An adult has the opportunity to enjoy the wisdom gleaned from previous decades of living and experience. Votes: 0

Develop wisdom in sales by reflecting on your experience, and learning everything you can from every call. Votes: 0

Wisdom comes from experience, but experience is not enough. Experience anticipated and experience revisited is the true source of wisdom. Votes: 0

Wisdom comes from life experience; life experience is the result of repeatedly taking corrective action while courageously learning from mistakes. Votes: 0

Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have. Votes: 0

All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult. Votes: 0

Our knowledge, experience, and wisdom can assist us in gaining more from this life, which will correctly set up our next life. Votes: 0

President [Barack]Obama benefits from the shared experience and wisdom of top national security and foreign policy advisers, many of them career professionals. Votes: 0

We live in a world where knowledge is developing at an ever-accelerating rate. Drink deeply from this ever-springing well of wisdom and human experience. Votes: 0

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all. Votes: 0