Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

About the benefits of failure

J.K. Rowling

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1137 Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.
537 You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.
998 We touch other peoples lives simply by existing.
1191 We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.
1343 Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

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