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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.”
Samuel Smiles quotes (Scottish author, 1812-1904)

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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
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“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

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“You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful -- and neglected -- secret to success and happiness.”
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“Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.”
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“The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.”
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“He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.”
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“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
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“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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“Action conquers fear.”
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