The ultimate umpire of all things in life is - fact.
It is not easy but you have to be willing to make mistakes. And the earlier you make those mistakes the better.
It is better to experience than to be told.
We must somehow get comfortable with the reality of periodic failure. ... Like a trip to the dentist the thought of occasional reverses may not make us tingle with joyful anticipation but then again...
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
In a great mistake.
I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore I must stop doing what I have been doing.
He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.
A peacefulness follows any decision even the wrong one.
Failure is a disappointment but not defeat.
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall but to lie there and grunt is.
Your success depends on your ability to dream and follow through on those dreams.
Inaction contrary to its reputation for being a refuge is neither safe nor comfortable.
Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers there are important personality profits to be taken. Defeat strips away false values and makes you realize what you really want. It stops you from...
Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Through failure we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed painful though it is.
Lack of will power has caused more failures than lack of intelligence or ability.
Be aware that young people have to be able to make their own mistakes and that times change.
The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.
Admitting error clears the score and proves you wiser than before.
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