684 private quotes tagged failure

“My life has been nothing but a failure.” — Claude Monet

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“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” — Thomas Sowell

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“But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.” — Bodhidharma

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“It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.” — Jimmy Carter

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“Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.” — Maude Adams

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“It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.” — Sylvester Stallone

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“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.” — Luc de Clapiers

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“A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.” — Gertrude Stein

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“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.” — Mike Murdock

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“Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.” — H. Stanley Judd

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“People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!” — Don Johnson

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“Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.” — Arsene Wenger

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“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.” — Scott Adams

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“If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.” — Doug Coupland

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“Failure is always an option.” — Adam Savage

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“Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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“Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility.” — Susan Sontag

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“Failure has gone to his head.” — Wilson Mizner

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“Success is never final, but failure can be.” — Bill Parcells

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“This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.” — Henry A. Wallace

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“A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.” — Paul Getty

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“There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.” — Max Beerbohm

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“You have to be able to accept failure to get better.” — LeBron James

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“Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.” — Amelia Earhart

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“Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.” — Steven Spielberg

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