Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
Achievements are often more interesting to you when you look back on them.
I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.
It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks.
America needs to fully grasp the lessons learned from our history of fighting radical jihadists. There have been successes and failures.
Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs.
As far as my career goes, I've never really had an opportunity to reflect on what I've done, with taking in the accolades and achievements that I've been able to bring together.
My accomplishments are endless.
The sports pages record man’s accomplishments. The front pages record his failures.
My biggest successes were mainly in the pop market during the 80s.
'SNL' after-parties are sort of like a time to celebrate your successes and drown your sorrows, depending on how the show went for you.
Someday social media might, hopefully in some small measure, wake up to the fact that other people's failures are not your successes.
I've had a life experience that's full of warts, full of successes.
I have become the person I am today, as a result of both the successes and the scars in my life.
No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.
We are a country that met successes in the fight against terrorism.
Undoubtedly, in the most brilliant successes, the first rank is always sacrificed.
The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
Don't read our lips. Read our record.
We've made tremendous successes in clean energy. We should be proud of what we've accomplished.
1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me:
Every season is hard, every season has its ups and downs.
Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.
Show me your achievement, and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.
