Edith Wharton on failure

There are two ways of spreading light⁠—to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.

Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone.

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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