Quotes about Experience

I am now in my twenty-second year and yet the only birthday which I can clearly distinguish among all the rest is my twelfth, for it was on that damp and misty day in September I met the Captain for the first time.

Fear is easily experienced, but fun is hard to come by in old age, so I already felt a sense of gratitude to General Omar Torrijos.

Find me an uncomplicated child, Pyle. When we are young we are a jungle of complications. We simplify as we get older.

Maybe I'm growing up, Thomas'. But there were tears in his voice, and he looked younger than he had ever done.

There are small bits of useless knowledge which stick to one's brain like barnacles to

How can anyone refute another person's personal experience? The answer is, by appealing to the Word of God. The Bible itself teaches that if an experience is not consistent with God's Word, we must reject it, regardless of how impressive the experience may seem (Gal. 1:8). Demons are capable of mimicking authentic spiritual experiences and masquerading as angels of light. Even on its own, the fallen mind is capable of deceiving itself and imagining things.

I ask him to sanctify my imagination and help me experience the real Jesus "with all five senses."

Every shortcoming, every sin, every struggle in the believer's life in one way or another can be traced to the influence of the flesh on our way of seeing and experiencing ourselves in our world—our experienced self-identity.

If I ever write a book, 'I Should Have Worn Comfortable Shoes' would be the title.

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

America's experience, like many others, teaches us that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educated curricula. It's about creating an entire climate in which innovation and ideas flourish.