In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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""They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.""

- Tom Bodett

Love

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

- Tom Bodett

Hope

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for"

- Tom Bodett

Goals

"In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson."

- Tom Bodett

Education

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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