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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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
A man's errors are his portals of discovery.
A man's errors are his portals of discovery.
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by read more
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; 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
Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.
Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
