#erie

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed...the habits of a vigorous mind are formed contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#experience

Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#end #experience #finds #himself #his

First of all, I only get 50 percent of it, because, I mean, the galleries get 50 and 60 percent. I mean, that's normal. I understand that. I don't quarrel with that. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#first #first of all #galleries #get #i

Life is indeed a gamble, the ultimate game of chance, based purely upon having the ability to make the right choices at the right time. You never win or lose in life if you realise it is all just for the experience. Learn to create your own destiny, don't wait to see what fate throws your way. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#chance #choices #destiny #fate #game-of-chance

Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it's a form of sacrament. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#close #close friends #could #dinner #dinner parties

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. ↗

— Quintilian

#everything #experience #more #precept #than

Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose. ↗

— Robin Quivers

#experiences #fall #falling #fear #feelings

I had one relative who passed away but fortunately none others. So my sort of experience of it is quite limited, thankfully. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#experience #fortunately #had #i #limited

I would love to work in America. I wouldn't love to live there, but I'd love to experience working there. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#experience #i #live #love #work

Over the last six years, airlines have experienced severe financial pressure to leave smaller communities, making demands on the EAS program even greater. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#communities #demands #even #experienced #financial