Certainties Quote by Truman Capote

“He had experienced the fear of failure, which is frequently mistaken for failure. He made his resolve and he proceeded to work again. He…

— Melvin Ryder

“Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure.”

— Napoleon Hill

“What he had was a sense that few things mattered much. That few people are to be feared. And so he now faced all…

— Dave Eggers

“Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last long and…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of…

— John Williams

“He met failure as one day he would probably meet death, with cynical resentment and the courage of a solitary.”

— John le Carré

“I f he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“His thoughts flicked between the confidence of the Anyala Stone, the expectations of his world, and, the certainty of his failure.”

— Allynn Riggs

“There was a certain graceful ease and freedom about all he said and did, that gave a sense of repose and expansion to the…

— Anne Brontë

“He had glimpsed a glorious ideal, had struggled toward it and seized it and come to understand it, and was disappointed. One could sympathize.”

— John Gardner

“When things worked, they were theirs; when they failed, they were his.”

— Jan Karon

“The long years had taught him that everything worked itself out given enough time, and some things would always be the way fate wished…

— Michelle M. Pillow