Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the read more

Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that's long enough!

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of read more

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of time;
A message to him every wave can deliver
To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men read more

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.