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This term is not specifically regarding fashion, but wisdom is appropriate for most people, including garmentos. The quotations collected here include Abraham Lincoln — “It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years” — Albert Einstein — “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value” — Wayne Gretzky — “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take” — John Lennon, Buddha, Steve Jobs, Vince Lombardi, Christopher Columbus, Zig Ziglar, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, the Dalai Lama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ayn Rand and Confucius: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
This term is not specifically regarding fashion. However, we thought it was appropriate for most people, including garmentos.
Abraham Lincoln – “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the
life in your years.”
Albert Einstein – “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of
value”.
Florence Nightingale – “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or
took any excuse.”
Wayne Gretzky – “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”. (Daddy:
don’t be afraid to take chances).
John Lennon – “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making
other plans”.
Buddha – “The mind is everything.
What you think you become”.
Steve Jobs – “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone
else’s life.”
Vince Lombardi – “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”
Christopher Columbus- “You can never cross the ocean until you have the
courage to lose sight of the shore”.
Zig
Ziglar – “People often say that motivation doesn’t last.
Well, neither does bathing.
That’s why we recommend it daily.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson – “The only person you are destined to become is the
person you decide to be”.
Theodore Roosevelt – “Believe you can and you’re halfway there”.
Benjamin Franklin – “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do
it wrong.”.
Albert Einstein – “A person who never made a mistake never tried
anything new.”.
Unknown – “A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when
his hands are empty”.
Dalai Lama – “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck”.
Eleanor Roosevelt – “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without
your consent.”
Ayn
Rand- “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to
stop me”.
Confucius says:
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we
fall." (Daddy says: don’t be
afraid to take chances and NEVER fear failure.
We all fail, until we get
better.)
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full
potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal
excellence”
"To
be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
"When prosperity comes, do not use all of it." (Daddy says: always save
for a rainy day).
"Study the past if you would divine the future."
(Daddy says: past experience helps guide us)
“Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen.
Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.”
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the
goal, adjust the action steps”.
Read as a set, the quotations divide into three working rules. Take the chance: Gretzky's shots, Columbus losing sight of the shore, and Lombardi's wanting to win all argue that an untaken opportunity is the only guaranteed miss — in fashion terms, the unmade sample, the unbooked showroom appointment, the line never shown. Treat failure as data: Franklin's hundred wrong ways, Einstein's mistakes and Confucius on rising turn a failed season or a rejected design into information for the next attempt rather than a verdict. And keep the aim straight: Lincoln's life in the years, Einstein on being of value rather than a success, and Jobs on not living someone else's life set the direction the other two rules serve.
Because the term is not specifically regarding fashion, but the sayings apply to most people, including people who work in the clothing industry. The fashion business runs on the same chances, failures and persistence the quotations describe.
“Don't just read wise quotes, be sure to listen and absorb” — the point of collecting the quotations: a saying only becomes wisdom when it changes a decision, which is also the note attached to the Gretzky and Confucius lines about not fearing failure.
Several do. Confucius: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Benjamin Franklin, on failing a test: “I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” And Einstein: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”