"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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"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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"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."

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"It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action."

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"Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own."

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"Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable."

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"Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it."

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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."

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"Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up."

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"Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers."

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"Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them."

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"Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step."

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"Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this."

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