George Matthew Adams Quotes

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

As you wrestle with life... You're going to come out on the other end healed... I've fallen short sometimes, and I've risen pretty high a few times.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

For the longest time, I was horrified to hear the word 'failure,' but I've come to realize that we all fail. It's just a part of life. We all fall. It's how you rebound that shows the type of person you are.

You can build your legacy and your legacy can be big, but even after you slip or fall, you learn, and your legacy is getting even bigger.

I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

When you win a lot, you don't learn much. With my ups and downs, it's a lot of learning.

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

It's okay to lose. Losing teaches you something. Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting.

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

I've done movies that were maybe not worth it, but I try to take the best from every experience. You learn more from bad experiences sometimes. It gives you more will to overcome your mistakes. They give you determination.

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.

I cherish all of the times I've fallen on my face and made mistakes, because those experiences have made me who I am.

My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better.

I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.

Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

I find rejection or failure to be a really interesting and valuable experience.

I think that what women need to hear is that there is life after failure.

Every mistake that you make, or every thing that you might regret, you don't need to necessarily regret it, because it can be a step forward. You just move forward and let them go because there will be a lot of bad auditions, and there will be a lot of negative responses. But that won't last forever.