A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
Interpretation
A well-adjusted individual learns from their mistakes and remains calm despite repeating them.
This quote by Alexander Hamilton highlights the idea that emotional resilience is key to personal well-being. A well-adjusted person can face challenges and setbacks without losing their composure or confidence, understanding that mistakes are a part of the growth process.
In practice
This quote would be great to share during a team meeting to encourage colleagues to learn from failures.
When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition from doing what they would with eagerness rush into if no such external impediments were to be feared.
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its rights and interests: and the latter facilitates and extends the operations of commerce among individuals. Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
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The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.
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So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead.
He used to say to his melancholia patients: "You can be cured in fourteen days if you follow this prescription.Try to think every day how you can please someone.
Baldwin often times stumbles over the truth, but he always picks himself up and hurries on as if nothing had happened.
You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.
Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery.
Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said 'because it is a defensive action and therefore weak.
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