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Quote by John Dewey
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. – John Dewey

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Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. – John Dewey

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History
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John Dewey
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Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. – John Dewey

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Education
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John Dewey
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We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness is compensatory for absence in practice. – John Dewey

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Miscellaneous
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The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. – David Sarnoff

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Failure

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just dont know if Im the monarch of all I survey. – Sylvester Stallone

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Failure

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. – Samuel Smiles

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Failure

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success. – Max Beerbohm, Mainly on the Air, 1946

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Failure

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As a Christian, I think its really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me. – Leven Rambin

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It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures. – Vincent Van Gogh

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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. – Sun Tzu

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