A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Adversity

“A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.” is an adversity quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It speaks to themes of courage, change.

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Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.

There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

You're an idiot. Study harder.

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work.

There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

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