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

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" All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure. "

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" I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure. "

" American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. "

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" For some time, I thought Apollo 13 was a failure. I was disappointed I didn't get to land on the moon. But actually, it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. "

" Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. "

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" Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. "

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" When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human. "

" Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. "

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" Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace. "

" Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. "

" Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. "

" Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. "

" You can't let a failure keep you down, because if you stay down after you fail, you are going to stay down for good. "

" Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers. "

" Innovation demands risk-taking - which, in turn, entails redefining failure, stripping away its power to inhibit. "

" Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty. "

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" Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. "

" It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. "

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

" Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing. "

" Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws. "

" When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score. "

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" 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. "

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