A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Be prepared and be honest.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be.
Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Make every day your masterpiece.
Never mistake activity for achievement.
Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you've made the effort, do the best of what you're capable.
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
The main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.
Young people need models, not critics.
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