Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Mary Tyler Moore
About This Quote

This is an important reminder that the only way to become brave is to experience fear and pain. You can learn from mistakes, but if you want to grow as a human being, you have to make mistakes. To quote the third quote in this article: "It's not how many times you fall down, it's how quickly you get back up."

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