684 private quotes tagged failure

“I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.” — Mason Cooley

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“No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.” — Napoleon Hill

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“Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” — George Burns

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“Failure is success if we learn from it.” — Malcolm Forbes

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“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” — Napoleon Hill

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“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” — Andy Grove

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“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” — John Wooden

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“All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.” — Carl Sandburg

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“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.” — Oscar Wilde

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“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.” — Michel de Montaigne

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“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” — Bill Gates

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“Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.” — Napoleon Hill

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“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.” — Ambrose Bierce

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“Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.” — Richard Branson

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“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill

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“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” — Richard Branson

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“There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.” — Ann Landers

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“Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?” — Ernest Hemingway

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“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell

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“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.” — Norman Vincent Peale

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“You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed.” — Niklas Zennstrom

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“The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.” — B. C. Forbes

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“No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.” — Alfred Adler

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“Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.” — Doug Coupland

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