The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

Quote by John W Holt Jr

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If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.

Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.

Let's keep it real, this is no competition to me.

Let's keep it real, this is no competition to me.

Ain't got no competition, cause shawty you the bestest.

Ain't got no competition, cause shawty you the bestest.

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive...

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive...

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too...

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too...

I think the city that we're from just kinda ruined things, it's such a small...

I think the city that we're from just kinda ruined things, it's such a small...

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work...

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work...

I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't...

I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't...

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression...

Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression...

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as...

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as...

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when...

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when...

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Go out on a limb. Thats where the fruit is.

Go out on a limb. Thats where the fruit is.

Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all time thing. You don't win once...

Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all time thing. You don't win once...