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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Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, read more
Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.
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.
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.
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.
It only takes few seconds for us to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage.
It only takes few seconds for us to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
You cannot step into the same river twice.
You cannot step into the same river twice.
Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.
Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
