The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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