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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Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
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.
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The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in the middle!
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.
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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
