100 Quotes About Failure

Failure is a part of life. It is an inevitable part of our journey to reach our goals and dreams. Sometimes it’s not the failure itself that hinders us, but the mental attitude we have after we’ve experienced it. Here are some quotes to inspire you to keep pushing forward and never give up.

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No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 2313) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 2414) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France 17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 2818) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics 25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President . Pablo
Failure is a bend in the road, not the end...
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Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward. Roy T. Bennett
But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams,...
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But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism. Eric Wright
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Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try. Jess C. Scott
I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways...
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I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is...
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston S. Churchill
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. Lance Armstrong
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall...
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. Henry David Thoreau
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
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Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett
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Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next. Ben Carson
Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt...
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Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J.k. Rowling
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have...
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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. George E. Woodberry
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With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die. Criss Jami
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways...
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I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. Benjamin Franklin
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[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive, we must engage ourselves with the business of the world for our own sake, because through that, and through contemplation in equal measure, our soul is purified and brought closer to the divine.. Thought and deed conjoined are crucial.. The attempt must be made; the outcome is irrelevant. Right action is a pale material reflection of the divine, but reflection it is, nonetheless. Define your goal and exert reason to accomplish it by virtuous action; successs or failure is secondary. Iain Pears
Failure is when you stop trying to do something. So,...
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Failure is when you stop trying to do something. So, if you want to succeed. Don't stop trying. Anthony T. Hincks
Depression! It really gets you down.
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Depression! It really gets you down. Anthony T.Hincks
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Success and failure are relative categories. Therefore, do not exult in victory and do not despair after defeat. Accept the changes in life placidly, knowing that autumn and winter come after summer. Eraldo Banovac
Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful...
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Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth. Dorothy Day
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The worst thing in life is having parents that always stand against you and never with you. They discourage you, instill fear in you, hold you back, push you down and never encourage you to fly forward. When I have kids, they'll already be born with propellers with added wings. Even if one tells me they want to go learn how to ride lions in Africa, if their heart is driving that desire, I'd say "DO IT".If we throw blankets over our children's dreams, we darken their world and extinguish their desire to live. I'd rather my kid die with a wild fire in his/her heart than with a malfunctioning or drained out fuse. Always allow your kids to keep humming with dreams and ideas that fuel their passions. Never tell them something is impossible. If you have a really strong determined kid, they'll go out there killing themselves trying to do the unachievable just to prove you wrong. And if you have a weak kid, they'll give up on life and settle for bagging Cokes and potato chips at your local grocery store. Suzy Kassem
May be its mine bad-luck Or yours not to get...
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May be its mine bad-luck Or yours not to get me But I still have hope Of being yours Hasil Paudyal
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Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it deprived him of temporal life, by teaching him to trust in God’s help it took away his trust in his own powers; by giving him faith in a better life in heaven, it destroyed his faith in a better life on earth and his striving to attain such a life. Christianity gave man what his imagination desires, but for that very reason failed to give him what he really and truly desires. Ludwig Feuerbach
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THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell you And you will turn back The hands of time. Smile, I tell you And you will reflect The face of the divine. Sing, I tell you And all the angels will sing with you! Cry, I tell you And the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday To guide you through the fears of tomorrow. Suzy Kassem
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Comparing what we're looking for misses the point. It's wanting to know that makes us matter. Otherwise we're going out the way we came in. That's why you can't believe in the afterlife, Valentine. Believe in the after, by all means, but not the life. Believe in God, the soul, the spirit, the infinite, believe in angels if you like, but not in the great celestial get-together for an exchange of views. If the answers are in the back of the book I can wait, but what a drag. Better to struggle on knowing that failure is final. Tom Stoppard
With adequate planning, passion and perseverance, you can achieve the...
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With adequate planning, passion and perseverance, you can achieve the God-given goals. Lailah Gifty Akita
I'll look to the cross As my failure is lost...
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I'll look to the cross As my failure is lost In the light of Your glorious grace Hillsong
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Dreams hit the fan? Life unexpectedly take a turn for the worst? Here’s what you do: First thing I think is to realize God didn’t do this to you. It’s just life. Second, know that it sucks. It does. Third, it’s a tunnel not a cave. Fourth, it still sucks. Fifth, it’s not hopeless. Assign meaning to it. Choose for these horrible things to bring you closer to family and god and not farther apart. Praying for you. Richie Norton
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote
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Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks. Roopleen
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The failure mode of clever is “asshole. John Scalzi
Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and...
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Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens. Suzy Kassem
Who is the man who can speak to the strong?...
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Who is the man who can speak to the strong? Where is the fool who can talk to the wise? Men who are dead now have learnt this long, Bitter is wisdom that fails when it tries. Derek Walcott
Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner.
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Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner. Amit Kalantri
Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.
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Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow. Amit Kalantri
Failures make character, not success.
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Failures make character, not success. Abhijit Naskar
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Ignorance has one virtue: persistence. It will insist through dogged persistence on leading others to follow its vision no matter how misguided. Ignorance will drive the world to the brink of failure and catastrophe and beyond into the abyss with arrogance and anger because wisdom is often too polite to fight. Wisdom doesn’t like to impose its will, but that is all ignorance understands–force over free will and choice. Sooner or later the world comes to its senses, but oh the damage that has been done. Unknown
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Happiness is not a choice, or we’d all be happy. Let’s stop putting unnecessary pressure on ourselves to be happy all the time, and to pretend we can choose to be happy whenever we want. That’s not how life works. Sure, we can make choices that reflect a commitment to our well-being, and the more of these choices we make, the more likely we are to find ourselves feeling good more often. Healthy choices are within our power, and are important. But we can’t choose happiness, and we just set ourselves up for failure by believing we can. Life is more than happiness, anyway. It’s okay to feel all the things we feel. It’s human. There’s no shame in wanting to be happy, of course. We all want to be happy. But rather than try to choose happiness, maybe we can choose to being kinder and more loving. That we can do. We can work hard to take better care of ourselves, and better care of each other. If we do these things, and we remember that we are all connected, all brothers and sisters, all worthy of love, maybe then happiness will choose us a little more often. Scott Stabile
Many people spend more time looking at their failures than...
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Many people spend more time looking at their failures than focusing on their successes. Lolly Daskal
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Don’t blame others. it won’t make you a better person. Lolly Daskal
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Becoming a great leader doesn’t mean being perfect. it means living with your imperfections. Lolly Daskal
Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from...
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Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do. Lolly Daskal
When your intuition is strong, follow it.
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When your intuition is strong, follow it. Lolly Daskal
Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively...
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Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why. Lolly Daskal
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Don’t set your own goals by what other people make important. Lolly Daskal
Focus on how far you have come in liferather than...
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Focus on how far you have come in liferather than looking at the accomplishments of others. Lolly Daskal
Self-assurance reassures others and reassures yourself.
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Self-assurance reassures others and reassures yourself. Lolly Daskal
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Greatness means setting out to make some difference somewhere to someone in someplace. Lolly Daskal
The worst enemy of our humanity is our self-doubt.
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The worst enemy of our humanity is our self-doubt. Lolly Daskal
When we allow negative messages to fester in our head,...
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When we allow negative messages to fester in our head, they take on a life of their own. Lolly Daskal
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Don’t let any situation intimidate you, defeat you, or conquer you. you are stronger and smarter than anything that challenges you. Lolly Daskal
The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of...
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The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of just ONE moment can propel you to success and happiness or chain you to failure and misery. Steve Maraboli
If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations,...
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If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song. Suzy Kassem
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You go on trying and trying, and you make many decisions and you take many vows, but nothing happens -- you remain the same. Not that you have not tried, not that you have not tried enough, you have tried and tried and tried. And you fail because it is not a question of effort. More effort won't help. It is a question of being alert, not of effort. Osho
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with...
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Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying Germany Kent
LIFE - Death's Very Emissary
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LIFE - Death's Very Emissary Abhysheq Shukla
Everybody needs to be good-natured with a good heart, because...
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Everybody needs to be good-natured with a good heart, because in this way we can solve our own problems as well as those of others, and we can make our human life meaningful. Abhysheq Shukla
We do not recognize that we are addicted to some...
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We do not recognize that we are addicted to some negative psychological habit, some terribly self-destructive patterns of thinking... Abhysheq Shukla
We are living a fantasy life in our heads, and...
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We are living a fantasy life in our heads, and our real life is passing by, moment by moment. Life is only lived in moments: anything else is a fantasy, a lie, an illusion. Abhysheq Shukla
Karma is a balance sheet of life which debits and...
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Karma is a balance sheet of life which debits and credit all your deeds. Your Which is audited by our creator and actions are based on what we accumulated in it. Abhysheq Shukla
Karma is the balance sheet of life which debits and...
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Karma is the balance sheet of life which debits and credit all your deeds. Your Which is audited by our creator and actions are based on what we accumulated in it. Abhysheq Shukla
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We create karma by all kinds of selfish actions. The first thing we must understand is that we are psychologically asleep. It is very difficult for us to be conscious of ourselves. We are not very aware. We must come to recognize that we do not pay attention. Abhysheq Shukla
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Self-observation is simply the observation of an internal state and an external event. It is pure awareness, which gives one the ability to choose one's actions. Only by having the choice can one perform what is right. Abhysheq Shukla
Desires and Karma are the worst enemies living in the...
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Desires and Karma are the worst enemies living in the same soul together. It depends on us whom we choose and feed. Abhysheq Shukla
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There are signs to find , understand person who is in love _ in little of sickness or in little success , or failure , their eyes , and heart looks for their lovers .this is for both , to understand depth of human relationship is so strong bonded . Litymunshi
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There are signs to find , understand person who is in love _ in little of sickness or in little success , or failure , their eyes , and heart looks for their lovers .this is for both , to understand depth of human relationship.which is so strong bonded . Litymunshi
Love wins when reflections win over reflexes.
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Love wins when reflections win over reflexes. Abhysheq Shukla
In the end, you will realize most friendship is feigning,...
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In the end, you will realize most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. Abhysheq Shukla
Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others,...
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Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others, he finds peace, freedom, sorrow and love. Abhysheq Shukla
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Having somebody help you doesn't mean that you have failed. It just means that you're not in it alone Unknown
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I caught myself thinking about falling in love with someone who I hoped was out there right now thinking about the possibility of me, but I quickly banished the notion. It was that kind of thinking that landed me in this situation to begin with. Hope can ruin you. Perry Moore
The way to screw up somebody's life is to give...
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want. Patrick Swayze
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He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes. Daniel Wallace
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I look out into the water and up deep into the stars. I beg the sparkling lanterns of light to cure me of myself – my past and the kaleidoscope of mistakes, failures and wrong turns that have stacked unbearable regret upon my shoulders. Jennifer Elisabeth
Many were the steps taken in doubt, that saw their...
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Many were the steps taken in doubt, that saw their shapeless ends in no time. Those who travail in faith today will truimph in joy tomorrow. Let faith lead the way. Israelmore Ayivor
You're not defeated when you lose a battle. You are...
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You're not defeated when you lose a battle. You are defeated when you give up the struggle Mouloud Benzadi
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Experience everything; Times of sorrow, times of Joy.Times of darkness, times of light. Times of lost heart, times of hope. Times of hate, times of love. Times of pain , times of peace. Times of distress, times of dancing. Times of sickness, times of recover of strength. Times of lost, times of finding the way. Times of wandering, times of wonder. Times of failure, times of success. Times of fall, times of rise. Time of sowing, times of harvesting. Times of injury , times of healing. Times of waiting, times of fulfilled wish. Times of praying, times of receiving the promise. Times of ploughing, times of planting. Times of dreaming, times of working to achieve the dream. Times of doubt, times of Faith. Lailah Gifty Akita
Imperfections & failure are as much a blessing as our...
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Imperfections & failure are as much a blessing as our talents & success. Together we must dare to be ourselves so that we may live beyond our wildest dreams Robert Vanleeuwen
In life, things can always go wrong, So always keep...
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In life, things can always go wrong, So always keep your heart strong, Carry on, and never give up hope. Mouloud Benzadi
Not only do our trials become classrooms that teach us...
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Not only do our trials become classrooms that teach us life’s most profound lessons, they add joy and meaning to daily living. AuliqIce
You can't enjoy sipping of success without first enduring failure's...
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You can't enjoy sipping of success without first enduring failure's fire Phillip Gary Smith
The strewn and tangled wreckage that litters our lives is...
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The strewn and tangled wreckage that litters our lives is the precious raw material from which great beginnings are forged. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned...
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Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. Markus Zusak
The phoenix must burn to emerge.
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The phoenix must burn to emerge. Janet Fitch
Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected....
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Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn’t. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment. Richard Matheson
Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the...
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Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end. Rick Yancey
...every human being is doomed to die, which is the...
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...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures. George Orwell
The only walls that exist are those you have placed...
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The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved. Suzy Kassem
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Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Some fail because after they choose the direction for their...
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Some fail because after they choose the direction for their careers, they spend too much time second-guessing their decision. Kim Ha Campbell
If you don’t fight for your dreams, you won’t earn...
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If you don’t fight for your dreams, you won’t earn anything. If you don’t anything, you will beg for everything. Israelmore Ayivor
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Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child, something or some of the things that they, the parent, did not do or did not do successfully. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The sum of our greatness lies not in asking“what do...
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The sum of our greatness lies not in asking“what do I want to do?” but rather “who do I want to be? Lolly Daskal
Within each of us are two competing sides, a polarity...
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Within each of us are two competing sides, a polarity of character. Only one leads to greatness. Lolly Daskal
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There is a very thin line of difference between a Pessimist and a Perfectionist. Both are scared to fail, strive for ideal but the only think unlike in the two is- Pessimist thinks it will last forever and Perfectionist knows it won't. Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice...
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Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Failure is not an option. Keep going!
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Failure is not an option. Keep going! Izey Victoria Odiase
Failure gives you the experience and the wisdom to be...
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Failure gives you the experience and the wisdom to be a success in the future. Debasish Mridha
The greatest obstacle to success is the fear of failure.
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The greatest obstacle to success is the fear of failure. Debasish Mridha
Appreciate every little improvement. Forget to criticize every failure as...
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Appreciate every little improvement. Forget to criticize every failure as long as you are learning from them. Debasish Mridha