It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough.
To receive all of the promised blessings, we must accept the gospel in faith and in full. However, this certain faith does not usually come all at once. We learn spiritually line upon line and precept upon precept.
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
Example is the best precept.
A good example is far better than a good precept.
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.
The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
Sometimes it's good to start over