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Failure17 quotes
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett · 1989I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman · 1855Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one. — Walter Savage Landor · 1825There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object. — John Keats · 1818Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899All 17 quotes →Success6 quotes
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline). — Graham Greene · 1980Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis, and suicide. With failure comes failure. — Joseph Heller · 1975Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. — William Shakespeare · 1616I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave · 1983Success and failure3 quotes
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline). — Graham Greene · 1980Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis, and suicide. With failure comes failure. — Joseph Heller · 1975Courage2 quotes
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. — Charlie Kaufman · 2011Taking risks2 quotes
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. — Charlie Kaufman · 2011Adversity1 quote
The mystery of life is not solved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming. — Patrick White · 1957Battle1 quote
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman · 1855Getting away with it1 quote
Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. — William Shakespeare · 1616Injustice1 quote
Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. — William Shakespeare · 1616Jokes1 quote
Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one. — Walter Savage Landor · 1825Laziness1 quote
Because doing more than the minimum work is my definition of failing. — Jeff Winger · 2009Learning from mistakes1 quote
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. — T.H. Huxley · 1870Overcoming adversity1 quote
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. — Boris Pasternak · 1958Overcoming obstacles1 quote
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. — Boris Pasternak · 1958Perseverance1 quote
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett · 1989Persistence1 quote
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett · 1989Winning and losing1 quote
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day?
I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. — Walt Whitman · 1855