Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.

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"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

- Oscar Wilde

Compassion

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

Self-confidence

"You are beautiful when you are happy."

- Oscar Wilde

Self-esteem

"Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back."

- Oscar Wilde

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

Learning

"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

Learning