Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
The Lord is forgiving, but sometimes life is not forgiving.
Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.
CIA has learned some tough lessons, especially when asked to tackle missions that fall outside our expertise.
I guess I'm lucky to have been blindsided. I'm lucky to have gotten into fistfights, in a way. I'm lucky I learned how to stop them.
Sometimes I do have to find out things the hard way.
You learn quickly at Madrid. Every lesson here is three elsewhere.
Everything does not happen according to a plan, and you learn your lessons the hard way.
