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Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. read more
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn
The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than read more
One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; read more
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body,--but we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--
Lo, all things can be borne!
