Jane Pauley Quotes

The younger you are, the more experimenting you should do. But once you've found what you were created to do, stick with it.

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

I like the idea of finding parts that I know I can do but I don't totally understand them right away.

Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do. And it's by exploring your life or experimenting or making mistakes and learning from them hopefully that you start to forge an identity.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

I'm still experimenting.

Sometimes I learn by someone giving me warnings and giving me advice about what to do next. And other times, a lot of times, I have to put my hand into the fire.

If you don't know what you're passionate about, it's always fun to try new things.

I feel like, every six months, I learn my hair or my skin anew and find a new thing that I like to do, and then I abandon it and move on.

The one message I always send to young people is, Don't be afraid to try different things to see what feels right and what's a good fit.

You only learn if you're given a crack at things.

You have to try different things, that's how people realize what they're meant to do.

Sometimes the best way to find out what you’re supposed to do is by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do.

I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

Kids have to experiment a little or figure out where they belong.

Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next.

My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

Here's what's nice about life: Sometimes you have ideas and for the most part, they're not good ones. And then you'll follow through with a handful of them and sometimes you'll be pretty disappointed. And then other times you'll follow through and you'll go, 'You know what? It's nice to be right.'