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" Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure at Midway was mine. "

Isoroku Yamamoto

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" There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success. "

" So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America. "

Barack Obama

" A life which does not go into action is a failure. "

" When you can look at failure and say, 'What is the worst case scenario,' it's not as bad as it seems. "

" Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest. "

" I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. "

Mason Cooley

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" I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc. "

" Success and failure are equally disastrous. "

" The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense. "

" The way most people fail is in not keeping up the heart. "

" 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. "

Edward McKendree Bounds

Heaven

Doing

Prayer

" If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. "

" One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life. "

" Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. "

" Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution. "

" Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable. "

" Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure. "

" Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails. "

" Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. "

" I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth. "

" I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving. "

" Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure. "

" 'Pressure' is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure. "

" 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. "

" Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. "

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

Jonah Hill

Life

Failure

" All war represents a failure of diplomacy. "

" I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart. "

" Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things. "

" However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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