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“Dare to dream, dare to try, dare to fail, dare to succeed.”
“In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.”
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.”
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
“Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.”
“Many a one has succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat, he would never have known any great victory.”
“Opportunity... often comes in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”
“Failure is success if we learn from it.”
“Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow.”
“As the opportunity grows for unlimited growth and progress, the chances of failure increase. There is no such thing as a program that will provide security and growth and progress with no risk . . . even within the church. As freedom for unrestricted development is enhanced, the possibilities for failure are also increased. The risk factor is great.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“He who sees only half the problem will be buried in the other half.”
“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”
“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”
“But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better, and do they not develop us more,than if we kept systematically away from emotions?”
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
“Ambition is the last refuge of failure.”
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