Failure Quotes
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Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.
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The measure of a man’s character is not determined by how he handles his wins, but how he handles his failures.
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Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
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Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.
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Many entrepreneurs resist to owing up to the conditions that created the shortcoming—conditions they themselves may have contributed to. They need to put ownership of the problem above the egotistical need of always wanting to look good. If they don’t, failure will result.
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There are two unpardonable sins in this world -- success and failure.
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Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.
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I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my equipment could cost me my life.
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Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn't know what success felt like. I've carried that with me ever since.
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There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.
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If I can see it, it's a failure.
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Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles of faith to justify our inaction and then wish away the result. I call them belief triggers.
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Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'
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No man who has managed to keep out of an office can be called a failure in life.
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It would be a real failure if agreeing that it [abortion] was not an electoral issue provided an alibi for taking it seriously as a public issue.
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You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
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Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.
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Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
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The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.
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Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
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Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.
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We are able to learn from a failure, but perhaps not much from a success!
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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I chose life over death for myself and my friends... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.
