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Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success

John C. Maxwell

Top 10 Best Quotes

“If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.”

“God uses people who fail—'cause there aren't any other kind around.”

“Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.”

“Little progress is better than no progress at all. Success comes in taking many small steps. If you stumble in a small step, it rarely matters. Don't gift wrap the garbage. Let little failures go.”

“Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?”

“People change when they ... Hurt enough that they have to, Learn enough that they want to, and Receive enough that they are able to.”

“No, none of these things are the key. When it comes right down to it, I know of only one factor that separates those who consistently shine from those who don't: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. Nothing else has the same kind of impact on people's ability to achieve and to accomplish whatever their minds and hearts desire.”

“Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.”

“A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.”

“Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.”

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