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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts) Fri Aug 23, 2013, 05:06 PM Aug 2013

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill

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Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 OP

The thing to remember about Churchill is dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #1

And he was a terrible peace-time leader. However, we are all good at something Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #2

I would say that was Persistance Demeter Aug 2013 #3

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

1. The thing to remember about Churchill is

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 05:10 PM

Aug 2013

he drank...a lot.

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)

2. And he was a terrible peace-time leader. However, we are all good at something

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Fri Aug 23, 2013, 05:12 PM

Aug 2013

and given the proper time and place and people, it is synergistic as with his war effort.

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

3. I would say that was Persistance

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Fri Aug 23, 2013, 06:12 PM

Aug 2013

which can, if one is persisting in the right endeavor, lead to success. But it isn't a necessary, nor a sufficient determinant of success or failure....

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