If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. Mary Pickford
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. Edward Gibbon
Thanks Duffis, for sleuthing out and sharing this quote. It is a perspective that had not occurred to me. But it's true All of my own perceived 'failures' have taken work, time, energy and thought - and consequently, I've learned and grown as a person from them. Even when bitter sweet. I appreciate your time and knowledge shared here : ) from Eyja
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott