Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Life is a journey that's measured not in miles or years but in experiences, and the route your life takes is built not of roads but of songs.

Even the hard times are part of your life story. If you acknowledge them and move past them, they eventually add up to the experience that makes you wise.

All life is experience, and one level is exchanged for another only when its lesson is learned.

Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive.