A retentive memory may be a ...

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.