“But, ah me! where is the faultless human creature who can persevere in a good resolution, without sometimes failing and falling back?”
“Sometimes, before you make any plans or resolutions, before you declare your heroic intent to persevere, you just have to cry.”
“Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes and from our failures. And that's how I learn, by falling flat on my face and picking myself up and starting all over again.”
“This sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults.”
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”
“sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”