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I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2,000-step process. -Thomas Edison

From failure can come valuable experience; from experience -- wisdom; from wisdom -- mutual trust; from mutual trust -- cooperation; from cooperation -- united effort; from united effort -- success. -William A. Ward

To expect oneself to behave flawlessly at all times sis the epitome of pride. It is to say,

The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all -- doing nothing. -Benjamin Franklin

Do not wade where you can see no bottom. -Danish proverb

Anxiety, fear that something bad may happen, is at the core of many of our self-defeating responses. -Jeanne Segal, Ph.D.

The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a word of it. -Omar Khayyam

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. -Lloyd Jones

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. -James Thurber

When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on. Have the courage to reach out for help. -Bernie S. Siegel, MD

There's no better way to waste time in life than to dwell on the past. You should learn from the past with as much objectivity as possible, so that you can modify your future actions -- and then move on. -Bonnie Dunbar

People waste a lot of time by not letting themselves fail. It's hard to let yourself fail -- to cut your losses and move on. But sometimes, that's the most expedient thing to do. -Timothy C. Draper

There seems to be something in the human soul that causes us to think less of ourselves every time we do something wrong... And maybe it is good for us to feel that way. It may make us more sensitive to what we do wrong and move us to repent and grow. But it may also lead to our setting unrealistically high standards for ourselves and for others. -Harold S. Kushner

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. -Confucius

Teach educated people to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. -Charles Kettering

Let the cracks in our perfect facades let in light and air so that new life can grow through them. -Molly Gordon

...the perfect is the enemy of the good. If we fall short, there is no reason to despair, only more reason to try harder. -William J. Bennett

...success and failure are like the two sides of the Mobius strip. They appear different, yet are fundamentally the same. -Michael Gelb and Tony Buzan

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby

Perfection isn't an option for us; perfection is death, Micko. We're here to learn and change, and that means making mistakes. -from Heads by Greg Bear

Failure is just part of the culture of innovation. Accept it and become stronger. -Albert Yu

Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little. -Goldwyn talent scout's assessment of Fred Astaire

 

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