Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. — Vernon Sanders Law

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There are no regrets in life, only experiences. Every experience helps us to be what we can be. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.

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I have used the laws of this country just like the greatest people that you read about every day in business have used the laws of this country, the chapter laws, to do a great job for my company, for myself, for my employees, for my family, et cetera.-Donald Trump

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It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. — Dalai Lama

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Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement. — Eddie Rickenbacker

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The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. — Robert Frost

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Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

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