And in most highly academic environments in the United States, no one fails anything.

People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.

What if the Secret to Success is Failure?.

If kids've been overprotected from failure in childhood, they get out into the world and they really get thrown off.

Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback, they’re more likely to pick themselves up and try again.

Establish your system of control to see that your team does there job

Whatever you set for yourself, you can achieve it.

Always trust your gut instinct. There will come a time when you will understand, but for now trust God has a plan greater than you have ever imagined.

I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.

Each achieves one or both of two objectives — making liberals feel good about themselves and being good to liberal candidates.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

I think I’ll play two years more, if my own body lets me do that... I still think my best tennis is still to come.

Study's overrated. Just find someone smart to copy off. -Adrian to Lissa

What exactly did people do when they had all the time in the world and could do whatever they liked?

Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested.