John Petit-Senn Quotes

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

Someone who's passed through the circumstances that I have has to make the decision either to be a good person or a bad person, and I decide to become better at every opportunity.

I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.

Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they?

We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.

What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

Sometimes the adversities you go through help you become a person you are proud of, and instead of hating what you're going through, maybe bless it because for some reason; it is going to build you into that person that you are proud of being.

Obviously, as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've made, and that's OK. I think as long as you learn from your mistakes and don't make them over and over again, you're on the right path.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

I'm not the kind of person to sit and dwell for ages on something that happened. I go through something, I experience it, I try to learn from it, and I move forward.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

My journey through life has led me through both light and dark places, and it's because of those experiences that I have learned how to work through my character defects and to help others do the same.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am happy about it.

The people you can't stand can actually transform your life. And help you become happier, healthier, and more successful.

Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.