“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”
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“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”
“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”
“There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.”
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”
“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”
“Failure is success if we learn from it.”
“Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”
“I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.”
“I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.”
“Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.”
“Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.”
“You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.”
“Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?”
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.”
“If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.”