...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.

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Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

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There are no regrets in life, only experiences. Every experience helps us to be what we can be. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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Maybe it's good we don't know what will happen next in our stories, because if we did, we might not turn the page. Or we might skip ahead and never experience the good that comes out of the hard moment we're living through ― Simone Biles

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The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow. – Robert Tew

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I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all...

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There is nothing in all nature without its reason," he wrote. "If you know the reason, you do not need the experience. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. ― Sun Tzu

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You stay safe, You love. You survive. You laugh and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push. ― Carrie Ryan

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We can activate tremendous powers within our own lives if we open up to the experience. ― Ari Gunzburg

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