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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they m

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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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles

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Labor
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The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. – Samuel Smiles

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We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. – Zbigniew Brzezinski

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You cant have any successes unless you can accept failure. – George Cukor

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Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesnt work and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. – Roger von Oech

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Dont think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success. – Robert Orben

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Wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses. – Francis Bacon

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In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. – Ray Dalio

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I think when youre winning, your uniforms are cool. – Shaun Alexander

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Id rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University. – William F. Buckley, Jr.

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