Bitter experience Quote by David Halberstam Download Open image ““true wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience.”” — David Halberstam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bitter experience True wisdom Wisdom
Wisdom is learned through experience, and sometimes experience is hard and bitter. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
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“Theodore Sorensen wrote for [Robert Kennedy's 1968] announcement speech: “At stake is not simply the leadership of our party, and even our own country,… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“For there was no doubt in Bundy’s mind about his ability to handle... the world. The job was not just a happenstance thing; he… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“Because history became his (Keenan's) genuine passion, he tended to see the world in terms of deep historical forces that, in his mind, formed… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
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If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past. — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“The good reporters of that era, those who were well educated and who were enlightened themselves and worked for enlightened organizations, liked the Kennedys… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be. — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Do we behave out of fear of punishment, or out of the demands of our heart? For me, it is the latter, as I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Let every one of us cultivate, in every word that issues from our mouth, absolute truth. I say cultivate, because to very few people… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende Copy Share Image
“[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.” — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
