Negative results are just what I want. They're just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don't.

Thomas Edison

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The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

Benjamin Franklin

When I got fired from my first sales job, it seemed like I had fallen at the first hurdle. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. It lead me into a job where I really learned the ropes and showed me that even disasters have positive sides.

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.

We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.

Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something.

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