I think as humans, no one remembers their successes, everyone just remembers their failures.
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Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.
I don't remember all my successes, but I do remember failures.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
When I think about my career, my successes are built on learning from failures.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
As failures go, attempting to recall the past is like claiming to grasp the meaning of existence. Both make one feel like a baby clutching at a basketball: one's palms keep sliding off.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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