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

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?.

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.

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

I write with all my heart

People are so stupid. They think they've got the whole puzzle figured out, but they're really so far off.

Ruling or judging others is considered to be a sentiment that resonates in very low frequencies.

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.

I want to be remembered as a guy who tried his best and did his best

By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!

Woman is superlative; the best leader in life, the best guide in happy days, the best consoler in sorrow.

Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.

70 percent of what we do involves staring into space trying to figure out what the hell happens next.