Failure Quotes - Page 40

• Failure is a word unknown to me.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  "Mohammad Ali Jinnah : A Political Study" by M. H. Saiyid, (p. 9), 1962.

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• Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Misery, Recourse

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 31 (1780)

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• What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

  John Mellencamp

  Motivational, Records, Firsts

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  It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

  Herman Melville

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). “Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition”, p.247, Northwestern University Press

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• We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Fall, Inner Peace

  Thomas Merton (2011). “Thoughts In Solitude”, p.53, Macmillan

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• An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

  James A. Michener

  War, Ignorance, Acceptance

  James A. Michener “SPACE”

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• He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

  Arthur Miller

  Character, Attention, Finest

  Death of a Salesman (1949) act 1

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• There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Inspirational, Sad, Depression

  "Finding Viggo" by Alex Kuczynski, Vanity Fair, January 1, 2004.

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• A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

  Lewis Mumford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

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• Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Inspirational, History, No Excuses

  Comments after President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, January 20, 1961.

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• If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

  Huey Newton

  Life, Struggle, Ifs

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  That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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• Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Men, Presidential, Doe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Death, Character, Office

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.74, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

  Barack Obama

  Europe, America, Appreciate

  Speech at Strasbourg Town Hall, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 3, 2009.

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• Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her.

  Pope Paul VI

  Men, Want, Sin

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• Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

  Ross Perot

  Motivational, Strength, Success

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• The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

  Francis Picabia

  Two, World, Categories

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  No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

  Alexander Pope

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

  Colin Powell

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.52, Ballantine Books

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• The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

  Pliny the Elder

  Adversity, Darkness, Depth

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• Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

  Jules Renard

  Success, Congratulations, Punishment

  Jules Renard (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.123, Tin House Books

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• Whatever happens, take responsibility.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  Tony Robbins (2010). “Unlimited Power a Black Choice”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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