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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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
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.
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.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each read more
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Money grows on the tree of persistence
Money grows on the tree of persistence
