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A wise person once said " With one success a thousand failures lie forgotten, but with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die." This quote means that if you try and succeed all your failures will be forgotten, but if you refuse to try, you won't know if you will succeed. Success is all about trying and trying, going through all those painful failures. If no one ever tried, they wouldn't be able to be successful. Even if having no problems along the way seems the route to take, learning from mistakes is also what earning success contains. Having success means you need to be persistent, learn from your mistakes, and to always try because you'll never know if you will succeed.

I have had many personal experiences intertwining with this quote. For example, in the second grade I came home with a sodden face because I had receieved an F on a time quiz. I knew 100% it was my fault because I had refused to study or even try to review. I also knew maybe if I had tried to study, I would've been able to achieve that perfect A. This well learned lesson has showed me even now, that if I try, I have a better chance to succeed than not trying at all. This is the basic message that this quote is trying to announce.

Another example would be Menlo Park's wizard, Mr. Thomas Alva Edison himself. Mr. Edison has experienced thousands and thousands of failures trying to invent the lightbulb. Experiment after experiment he tried with no success. He kept on persisting to invent the lightbulb keeping up with his failures. Finally, he got it. He is a great example to explain this quote. He follows the lines the quote explains, "If you don't try, you won't know if you'll succeed."

Many times, it is hard for us to except that we have made a mistake. You think that if you make a mistake, you have a lesser chance of succeeding. Well, that is an incorrect statement. Learning from our mistakes is a skill we need to adapt to have success. Learning from our mistakes shows what we have done wrong and maybe next time we can correct it. When we correct our mistakes, you can finally feel that you are near succeeding.

Success is something that takes a long time to achieve. With every step you take, you are closer in getting success within your grasp. If we all follow this wise quote, we could become achievers, success helping us along the way.

Life can be full of many pleasant surprises. Some can be big and some can be small. Pleasant surprises always show that someone cares for you. Who would take you to a trip for the mall, who would buy you the best Christmas presents? Parents do, to show you that they care about you. Without pleasant surprises, your life would be pretty dull. Pleasant surprises vary for everyone. A pleasant surprise for me would be a trip to the mall or going to visit my foreign cousins.

Pleasant surprises play a very important part in life. Getting even one pleasant surprise can wipe off that sodden face with one fell swoop. For example, going to the mall is a big pleasant surprise for me. I have always enjoyed buying clothes and trying out different stores to buy from. I remember, once, I had returned from a soccer game and the score was 5-1, my team had won. I returned home with a grin, ear to ear. I knew that this Saturday, nothing could make my day better. As soon as I finished showering, I came downstairs to eat lunch. After lunch, my parents asked me to get ready because we were preparing to leave somewhere. On the ride, I was thinking of all the possibilities. Finally, we ended at our destination and I was taken by surprise, we were at the mall. I couldn't believe that this would actually happen. Pleasant surprises don't always have to be a big gift like mine was, it could be as simple as getting a hug.

Another pleasant surprise I have been yearning ever since I was three, was to board an airplane and visit my foreign cousins**.** I have always wanted to visit my cousins in Sri Lanka and abroad. I only got to visit them when I was three years old. To me, this would be the greatest pleasant surprise in the whole world. A pleasant surprise can be anything that pleases you. Something from showing a little considerence to getting the best gift you could imagine.

Imagine a life with nothing but dullness. Pleasant surprises are what make a life more bearable. No pleasant surprises, no spirited people.