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" I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos. "

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" The enemy of human happiness as well as the cause of poverty and starvation is not the birth of children. It is the failure of people to do with the earth what God could teach them to do if only they would ask and then obey, for they are agents unto themselves. "

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" There are many victories worse than a defeat. "

" Our failure as a society to properly acknowledge and confront the psychological, social, and political effects of white privilege has perpetuated racial inequality and race-based political resentments. "

" The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations. "

" The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. "

" Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge. "

" The album 'Cheers to the Fall' is really kind of me breaking out and being like, 'Listen, I don't care about criticism, and I don't care about possibility of failure. I'm going to do it. And if I do fail, well then, here's to it.' "

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" I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure. "

" Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible. "

" So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure. "

" When you fail, things get real. In fact, they get real real. If your success was a high profile success, then your failure will be a high profile failure. Opportunities and 'friendships' will evaporate. Failure shines a bright light on all relationships. The ones that last are pure and true, which is a true gift. "

" As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind. "

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

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" Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others. "

" I really do think that putting expectations on a holiday is setting yourself up for failure. "

" The only real failure is giving up. "

" No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. "

" You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down. "

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" We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts. "

" The difference between a score in the 90s and a century is often reflected as the difference between failure and success. It may be illogical, but in cricket, a century has its own magic. "

" Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. "

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" Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life, in the world, and in my head. Every nightmare, every moment of grief or joy or failure, is a moment I can convert into cash via words. "

" You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. "

" Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. "

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" It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure. "

" A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. "

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" In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain. "

Frederick William Robertson

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" Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. "

" You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "

" For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period. "

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