"Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future."

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Source : "The New Dictionary of Thoughts".

Tryon Edwards

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Wisdom Quotes

“Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.”
“The greatest joys of life are happy memories. Your job is to create as many of them as possible.”
“There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world. I have to say that I think for the large part, I would have to decide to describe them as crack pots. It makes no sense whatsoever, and isn't true, and won't be true, and to raise it as a serious issue seems to me to be irresponsible.”
“When people don't comply, things - bad things will happen afterwards.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.”

Source : Pat Head Summitt, Sally Jenkins (2013). “Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective”, p.20, Crown Archetype
“The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.”
“Your ability to stand up for your truth is a muscle, and the more you exercise it the stronger it gets.”
“If you really want to know, I’d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thing’s done now, of course, and I can’t alter it. But there will always be this regret at the back of my mind, I shall never quite be able to get rid of it, and it will spoil everything. The thing to do now is to grow old quickly, to eat up the years as fast as possible, looking neither right nor left.”

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