Coming up with a way to fix mistakes challenges your creativity and your critical thinking skills and your resourcefulness. Often you end up with something better than what you planned on in the first place.
Mark Frauenfelder
Related Your destination might not end up being exactly what you envisioned to start with, but if you stick ... JOY MANGANO Coming up with a ballpark figure on how much you need to pay your expenses, such as your mortgage or... JOHN RAMPTON If something traumatizes you, please do not think that your life is coming to an end. You will still... SAAIF ALAM Embrace your complexity, stretch your creativity, and live up to your potential, you are what makes ... DAN WELLS Hold up your end of the bargain. Get out there and bust (your tail) trying to do your best for your ... JOEY HARRINGTON I've learned two things the hard way: You can't fix stupid and you shouldn't use up your patience to... KAREN A. BAQUIRAN With innovation & creativity find ways to reach your goals, but never neglect the experiences you ga... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Or maybe memories are like karaoke - where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawl... DOUGLAS COUPLAND maybe memories are like karaoke-where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling a... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Maybe memories are like karaoke - where you realize up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Dyslexia lends itself to original thinking, not rote formulas, because you can't do the formulas... PHILIP SCHULTZ If you rush the healing and rehab, the body won't heal correctly and you will end up with more probl... FABIO COMANA When you break up & give up there is big question mark on your identity?Let your struggle becomes yo... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week, then there's either something wrong with... JONATHAN MABERRY Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun. ZAC EFRON If you have something going on in your community, it's really up to you and your neighbors to make s... MAJ. SUSAN DOWSETT Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writin... JOSHUA FOER Always be assessing your particular skills and your particular experience and your particular abilit... BRUCE TULGAN Stop promoting your victimhood! We have all been victims of something. The world has no sympathy lef... TROY J. GAINEY You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second ra... MAURICE RAVEL Start the day with victory and certainty that no matter what obstacles and challenges that come your... WILIAM CONSTANTINE Look in your landscape and see what you need, then buy accordingly. Don't be an impulse buyer or you... PAM BROWN When you address and acknowledge unpleasant realities, your creativity begins to soar and you come u... DR. DRAGOS Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistak... JAMES ALTUCHER It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who d... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON The more creative you are, the more errors you are going to make. Get used to it. Deciding to avoid ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher,... FRANK ZAPPA The hardest thing is to ski your count in your head. You are counting and trying to visually look do... A.J. JONES Something like your parents divorcing never quite leaves you. What you thought was real isn't re... HANNAH WARE I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice ... ELLEN GLASGOW I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no
better way than by taking your advice... ELLEN ANDERSON GHOLSON GLASGOW If it's the other guy's fault, you can't fix it. Don't blame other people for your problems. That gi... RUTHI POSTOW BIRCH Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will... GERMANY KENT You spend more time with your fellow band members than your girlfriend or wife, and you end up at ea... BERNARD SUMNER (When choosing a place to live) you have to listen to your family and find out what is important to ... BERT SPERLING I want you, Delilah Anne. Never doubt that. I want a life with you. With your voice and your touch a... DEE TENORIO You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp ... ABRAHAM VERGHESE Sometimes it takes a brush with eternity - a crash, an illness, some shock to the system - to get yo... HAMPTON SIDES Passion is what you do with love, care & dedication. Figure out your passion,it will enlighten your ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Never mix business with religion, or you might end up losing your testimony when the business agreem... SHANNON L. ALDER You need to express your skills and your desire and enthusiasm in the strongest possible way. DEBORAH STANLEY Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have... SUSAN MINOT I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revi... ABHISHEK BACHCHAN You either end up on a good, fun show that's successful, or you have that question mark in your ... LUCY GRIFFITHS It's better to do nothing with your money than something you don't understand. SUZE ORMAN If you go through life angry you will end up with nothing but you and your anger. KENNETH WATERS JR Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyon... RICK PITINO What you have, what you are - your looks, your personality, your way of thinking - is unique. No one... JACK LORD Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rath... CARNIE WILSON You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. OLIVER GOLDSMITH It’s up to you to take first step. Believe in yourself. You can change your life for better, Only ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If what you are is more important to you, than what you do, it is better to do nothing and have your... APURVA GAGLANI Your character will take you places more than your talent,and your talent will take you places more ... DR. ISLAM GOUDA Destiny deals you your hand and what you do with the cards is up to you. KENNETH EADE Sometimes people will hear you and be able to change their behavior, but often their behavior has mo... JILLIAN MICHAELS Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. Your choices are only meaningful when you connect t... DARREN HARDY We all struggle with something, and need help. Whatever it is that you can't conquer on your own, I ... ANITA R. SNEED-CARTER You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginn... EMMYLOU HARRIS If you lose sight of the smaller accomplishments, you end up with an imbalance in your life. ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH You'll end up with your arse between your shoulder blades (On morphine Suppositorys) BILLY CONNOLLY We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mista... STEVE MARABOLI You have to get up on your feet if you need something. And then you go and use your soul to create s... RAJ REDDY If you have a dream and a desire to pursue it with every fiber of your being, but can’t move past ... CHRIS GARDNER Love is when you start denying all the definitions it was given before and you start finding your ow... AKSHAY VASU It pretty much defeats the purpose of bedtime reading if you fall asleep before the kids do. And you... MAL PEET You can't do better than a goal on your first start. BOBBY ZAMORA When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your str... DAN SAVAGE Like any good cook, you go back in the kitchen and you revamp your recipe and you take what you have... LISA BLUDER When you look back at your body of work, no matter what your career path, by the time you hang '... JOHN CENA Your self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely on your manner of thinking and how you see thi... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. JIMMY DURANTE At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you c... KEVIN GARNETT Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understa... VIK MUNIZ The good thing about working with a mortgage consultant, is that you get to shop for your home loan ... ZENG HAN JUN You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the conse... ERNIE ISLEY If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag. ZIG ZIGLAR A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you... KATE REARDON But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you ... JAMES CLEMENS The most important relationship in the world is the bond that you share with your own self. Are you ... MANPRIT KAUR In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results... ALFRED A. MONTAPERT My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something... JOHNNY DEPP Wise with Your Words. Speak words that support your highest good. Are your thoughts buil... SUSAN C. YOUNG Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit t... EMILY GIFFIN That way you trick your body into thinking that it's later than it is. It's been proven that your bo... BEN ROSARIO If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag ZIG ZIGLAR Don’t just think about what you missed! Don’t continue to dwell on your past mistakes. You shall... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Don’t just think about what you missed! Don’t continue to dwell on your past mistakes. You shall... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your... ZE FRANK You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in you... CAROLE KING The first thing you need to do is to look at what you're doing with your hands, and how you're doing... ALAN HEDGE You give up your control to others with the same degree you give up your thoughts to them. EPHDAN When you're in elementary school, you get these amazing assignments, like to come up with your o... TONY DITERLIZZI Don't focus on the competition, focus on ways to make yourself better. HOPAL GREEN The road to healing is a rocky one, and you need to know that. There are times when every fibre in y... CORALLIE BUCHANAN Every end of every day is the most important time of that day because you confront with your past an... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN When you're throwing the football the way you want to, you're not thinking about it. You'... AARON RODGERS You end up in FBI files with your name and your group's name because you're doing stuff. By and larg... JOHN MILLER Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down. JOHN DRYDEN Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down. ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet them on your way down. WILSON MIZNER
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