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Quote by Samuel Smiles
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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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. – 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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The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. – Samuel Smiles

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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie

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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. – Tommy Lasorda

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James

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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. – Roger Babson

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