William Feather Quotes

I have always felt that there is no substitute of experience.

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

All the lessons I learned from my grandfather from the day I was born until the day he passed away served me well, and I think about them and use them every day. It was much more valuable than any business school could have provided.

Education gives you neither experience nor wisdom.

For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.

Experience is the only teacher we have.

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

There are some things you only learn through experience.

Experience is a great teacher.

Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.

You live and you learn. My son has given me so much clarity.

It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.