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If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which… — Ulysses S. Grant
I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to… — Ian Thorpe
The True Church can never fail. For it is based upon a rock. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but… — Tony Evans
If you are going to succeed, you must deal with what caused you to fail — Tony Robbins
The saddest things we fail at are fun things we never get to do, so in your busy day be sure to plan fun things… — Wes Fesler
Let's think beyond the normal stuff and have an environment where that sort of thinking is encouraged and rewarded and where it's okay to fail… — Elon Musk
No town can fail of beauty, though its walks were gutters and its houses hovels, if venerable trees make magnificent colonnades along its streets. — Henry Ward Beecher
When champions fail, they get back up and try again. They don't let failure discourage them. — Unknown Author
He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail — Confucius
Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have learned that insights… — Peter Drucker
Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital as man. To be a… — William Matthews
We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest… — Peter Yarrow
A good play is a play which when acted upon the boards make an audience interested and pleased. A play that fails in this is… — Maurice Baring
It is desire that engenders belief; if we fail as a rule to take this into account, it is because most of the desires that… — Marcel Proust
Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent — Tony Robbins
Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn… — Gautama Buddha
We must expect to fail...but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned… — Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and… — Samuel Johnson
Nothing fails like failure — Margaret Drabble
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
Be true to yourself and you will never fail. — Stephen LaBerge
You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. — Lupita Nyong'o
Entrepreneurs constantly confuse what they do with who they are. We're all certainly responsible for what we do, but failing doesn't make us bad people… — Howard A. Tullman
If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital… — John F. Kennedy

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