Overcoming Failure Quotes - Page 4

• A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Motivational, Strong, Determination

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• To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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• Amateurs built the Ark; Professionals built the Titanic.

  Elizabeth May

  Fear, Trying Something New, Ark

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• Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.

  Jillian Michaels

  Motivational, Failure, Trying

  "Fitness Superstar Jillian Michaels On Weight Loss, Healthy Eating & More!". Interview with Jessica Lipps, onmogul.com.

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• Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

  Helen Keller

  Happiness, Inspiring, Success

  Let Us Have Faith (1940)

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• It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

  Publilius Syrus

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• There is no failure except in no longer trying.

  Chris Bradford

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspiring, Success, Failure

  Mary Kay Ash (1986). “Mary Kay”, Harper Perennial

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• He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Fear, War

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• When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mary Kay Ash (1986). “Mary Kay”, Harper Perennial

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• Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

  Napoleon Hill

  Change, Inspiring, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Become Your Best”, p.187, Jaico Publishing House

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• If you're not failing, you're not trying anything.

  Woody Allen

  Failure, Trying, Learning From Mistakes

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• Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Inspiring, Success, Mistake

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.133, Shambhala Publications

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• A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

  Georges Clemenceau

  Inspirational, Life, Fear

  "Clemenceau, The Events of His Life as Told by Himself to His Former Secretary, Jean Martet". Book by Georges Clemenceau, 1930.

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• I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Nikki Giovanni (1988). “Sacred cows-- and other edibles”, William Morrow & Co

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• Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspiring, Soccer, Football

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• There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• He that is down needs fear no fall.

  John Bunyan

  Inspirational, Fear, Fall

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2 'Shepherd Boy's Song'

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• Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.

  Karl A. Menninger

  Inspirational, Fear, Anxiety

  Karl A. Menninger (1953). “the Human Mind”

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• The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Fear

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• Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

  Thomas Hood

  Inspirational, Horse, Fear

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• They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1911). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems”

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