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Failure Quote by Jon Acuff

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““If you’re going to risk and maybe fail, fail at something that matters. Fail gloriously so that even in failure, lives change.””

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“done, we will never work. There will always be one more amazing distraction. Our minds will do anything to avoid the challenge of focusing…

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“All you have to do is win more today than you did yesterday and repeat the whole thing tomorrow.”

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“In situations like that, all of your focus and energy need to be placed on the actions dial. You’ll have to dramatically increase your…

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“If you’re watching Netflix every time it’s time for you to do X, that’s a hiding place. You’re afraid to face the fear of…

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“To deal with our secret rules, we have to do three things: Identify them. Destroy them. Replace them.”

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“perfectionism is a desperate attempt to live up to impossible standards. Perfectionism will do anything to protect those impossible standards. It can’t let you…

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“Cut your goal in half. Choose what you’ll bomb. Make it fun if you want it done.”

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“Your emotions cloud your judgment. They form a perfect smoke screen for denial, making your path in life feel murky and confusing. In the…

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“Writers aren’t the only ones who use the first kind of noble obstacle. I know some guys who say they can’t work out until…

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When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take…

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Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes,…

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No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

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“Rhiannon's Law #28: If you're going to fuck up, be sure to fuck up good and proper. Nothing makes failure acceptable, so you might…

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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle…

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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

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First action was a mistake. What about the second? third? fourth and fifth?...Mehn you are bad...

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God's love never fail :)

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Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve…

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“Our failure to understand another being's inner reality doesn't make that reality any less real, or any less valuable to that being. (p.255)”

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I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

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Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

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