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" I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. "

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" We are feeble, weak and impoverished because of our failure to pray. God is restrained in doing because we are restrained by reason of our non-praying. All failures in securing heaven are traceable to lack of prayer or misdirected petition. "

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" Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. "

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" Sometimes we never see what failure is and often fail to recognize it. "

" At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. "

" Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. "

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" You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure. "

" Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction. "

" Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do. "

" You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they don't have the physical skills but because they don't have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure. "

" Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we're building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain. "

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" You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.' "

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" Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix. "

" It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things. "

" At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives. "

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" So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.' "

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" While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure. "

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" I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched. "

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" My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down. "

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" Failure usually works for me in the end. "

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" The Democratic Party's success or failure - if they expect any opportunity to gain a political foothold in the foreseeable future - resides solely on the party's ability to reconcile with the American people, most especially with the Americans that they chose to ignore. "

" If you truly want to find a meaningful relationship, you've got to find yourself first and learn to be confident in your own skin. Don't sacrifice anything about who you are to be with someone. That's setting yourself up for failure. "

" My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year. "

" His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you. "

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