What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
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One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are read more
Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes read more
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
You cannot step into the same river twice.
You cannot step into the same river twice.
Money grows on the tree of persistence
Money grows on the tree of persistence
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
