Henry James on failure

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

Besides, I try to judge things for myself; to judge wrong, I think, is more honourable than not to judge at all.

I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why I succeed.

Michael Jordanborn 1963

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordanborn 1963

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

Nasreddin1208–1284Often credited to Jim Horning

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