"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself."

Porsche, Dr. on failure   

"What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better."

Phillips, Wendell on failure
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"Losing is a part of winning."

Munro, Dick on failure   

"People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles."

Dune, Frank Herbert on adversity
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"To win you've got to stay in the game."

Bristol, Claude M. on failure
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"I cannot give the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure -- which is try to please everybody."

Swope, Herbert B. on failure
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"Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

Beckett, Samuel on failure
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"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."

Bartkowski, Steve on failure
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"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure."

Baxter, Anne on failure
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"A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection."

Bloch, Arthur on failure   

"My downfall raises me to infinite heights."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on failure
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"Leap, and the net will appear."

Cameron, Julie on action
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"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

Buffett, Warren on action
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"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life."

Brown, Les on action
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"Let your performance do the thinking."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on action
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"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."

Aurelius, Marcus on action
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"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

Proverb, Chinese on action
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"When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries."

Proverb, Chinese on worry   

"A man grows most tired while standing still."

Proverb, Chinese on work   

"Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking."

Proverb, Chinese on character
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"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."

Proverb, Chinese on progress
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"Never mind your happiness; do your duty."

Durant, William J. on action
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"Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do."

Carlyle, Thomas on action
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"People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do."

Cass, Lewis on action
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"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."

Engels, Friedrich on action
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"Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on action   

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"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on action
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"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."

Disraeli, Benjamin on action
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"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."

Dimaggio, Joe on action
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"The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions."

Confucius on action
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"If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you."

Company, Lanes on action
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"I never worry about action, but only inaction."

Churchill, Winston on action
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on action
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"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds."

Cervantes, Miguel De on action   

"The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right companion."

Unknown, Source on happiness   

"The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."

Unknown, Source on happiness   

"The biggest lie on the planet: When I get what I want, I will be happy."

Unknown, Source on happiness   

"Happiness consists of three things; Someone to love, work to do, and a clear conscience."

Unknown, Source on happiness
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"Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment."

Walters, J. Donald on happiness
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