We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans,

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which clicks. – Florence Scovel Shinn

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When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that. – William Kingdon Clifford

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