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If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at read more
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.
Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But at life's outset to inform mankind
Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.
Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.