The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead, they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.

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"Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip."

- John Gierach

Awareness

"Things fishermen know about Trout aren't facts, but articles of faith."

- John Gierach

Belief

"The solution to any problem—work, love, money, whatever—is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."

- John Gierach

Courage

"The solution to any problem — work, love, money, whatever is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."

- John Gierach

Courage

"The solution to any problem -- work, love, money, whatever -- is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."

- John Gierach

Healing

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"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."

- Vernon Sanders Law

Learning from Mistakes

"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake."

- Confucius Kongzi

Learning from Mistakes

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."

- Dale Carnegie

Learning from Mistakes

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

- Albert Einstein

Learning from Mistakes

"Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

- Og Mandino

Learning from Mistakes