"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

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Source : 1859 Self-Help, ch.11.

Samuel Smiles

#Inspirational Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Mistake Quotes

“Racing takes everything you've got -- intellectually, emotionally, physically -- and then you have to find about ten percent more and use that too.”
“If anyone other than you had me fly halfway around the world just to keep me waiting while you were obviously lingering in bed, Iâ€™d have my driver run them over. Twice.”
“I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold”
“Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.”
“In spite of all that happened at Hamburg, bombing proved a relatively humane method.”

Source : Statement on the July 1943 bombings of Hamburg. "The Valour and the Horror: The Untold Story of Canadians in the Second World War". Book by Merrily Weisbord and ‎Merilyn Simonds Mohr, p. 107, 1991.
“The deeper one delves, the worse things look for actively managed funds.”
“In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.”
“Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.”

Source : CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. December 7, 2006.

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