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A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

John Wooden

The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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Children Father Love Mother
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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Book Old Reading Worse
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.
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Busy Champion Complain Entrepreneur Hustle
The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.
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Character Deep Man True Watch
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
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Family Important Love World
Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
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Cheat Lie never One Liner Steal
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Ability Character Success
Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.
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Friendship Marriage Nice Person
I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
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Be Yourself Time Try
Never mistake activity for achievement.
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Achievement Activity Mistake One Liner
It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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Basketball Finish Game Important Motivational Start
Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.
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Inspirational True Yourself
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
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Admire Adversity Himself Man
A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
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Acceptance Basketball Blame Credit Leadership Weak
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
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Ability Accomplishment Measure Success
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.
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Character Concern Reputation Thinking

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

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