Failure Quotes

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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. — Amos Bronson Alcott
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. — Amos Bronson Alcott
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. — George Burns
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. — John Burroughs
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to… — George W. Bush
Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the… — Nolan Bushnell
They never fail who die in a great cause. — Lord Byron
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. — Maria Callas
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. — James Cameron
At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in… — Elisabetta Canalis
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. — Truman Capote
No pressure, no diamonds. — Thomas Carlyle
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. — Thomas Carlyle
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. — Andrew Carnegie
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. — Dale Carnegie
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. — Dale Carnegie
If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. — Dale Carnegie
It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. — Jimmy Carter
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've… — Rosalynn Carter
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. — George Washington Carver

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