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If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John WoodenJohn Wooden We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
John WoodenJohn Wooden 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.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
John WoodenJohn Wooden A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
John WoodenJohn Wooden I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
John WoodenJohn Wooden The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John WoodenJohn Wooden If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John WoodenJohn Wooden I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John WoodenJohn Wooden The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
John WoodenJohn Wooden What is right is more important than who is right.
John WoodenJohn Wooden I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.
Andy WarholAndy Warhol Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley The atom has taught me that the little things do count – most.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.
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