“One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.”
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“I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.”
“It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.”
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”
“Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.”
“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.”
“Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.”
“Every failure is a step to success.”
“You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'”
“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.”
“Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.”
“For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”
“They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.”
“The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.”
“It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.”
“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.”
“Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.”
“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”
“Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.”
“If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.”
“Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.”
“It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.”
“Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.”
“The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.”