To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

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"He that can have patience can have what he will."

- Benjamin Franklin

Perseverance

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

Education

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

- Benjamin Franklin

Happiness

"I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

- Benjamin Franklin

Learning from Mistakes

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

- Tina Fey

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"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Taking Risks

"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."

Taking Risks

"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

Taking Risks

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."

- Thomas Aquinas

Taking Risks