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- You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
- Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924)
- When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
- Napoleon Hill
- If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
- Francois de Fenelon (1651 - 1715)
- Observe your enemies for they first find out your faults.
- Antisthenes (445 BC - 365 BC)
- To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
- Saint Teresa Of Avila (1515 - 1582)
- All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)
- Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
- Hosea Ballou (1796 - 1861)
- All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.
- Charles M. Schwab
- Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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