“Success is the result of making many mistakes and learning from experience.”
Winston Churchill
You do your worst—and we will do our best (Primary source)
Churchill’s defiant July 1941 oration rallied London’s battered civil defenders, pledging reciprocal retribution against Nazi terror while celebrating Britain’s unconquerable spirit amid the gathering storm of total war.
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“Many new arrangements are being contrived as a result of the hard experience through which we have passed and the many mistakes which no doubt we have made—for success is the result of making many mistakes and learning from experience.”
Winston Churchill
“Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“You do your worst—and we will do our best.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“Never give in—never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”
— Winston Churchill Primary sourceBy noon it was clear that the Socialists would have a majority. At luncheon my wife said to me, “It may well be a blessing in disguise.” I replied, “At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised.”
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“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Disputed“The right methodology is the key to success in many areas of life. This is also true for design—within limits.”
— Dieter Rams Primary source“Being able to recognize that you are wrong is a godsend.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary sourceSuccess Mistakes Experience Learning