"The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully."

Albrecht, Karl on failure
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"Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction."

Givens, Charles J. on failure
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"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

Carver, George Washington on failure
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"A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself."

Clemenceau, Georges on failure
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"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."

Everett, Douglas on ability
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"The only people who never fail are those who never try."

Chase, Ilka on failure
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."

Carnegie, Dale on fools and foolishness
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"Failure too is a form of death..."

Greene, Graham on failure   

"We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring."

Grayson, David on failure
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"It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work."

Gillies, Jerry on failure   

"He's no failure. He's not dead yet."

George, William Lloyd on failure   

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

Ford, Henry on failure
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Confucius on failure
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"You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace."

Cooke, E. V. on failure
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"The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures."

Davy, Sir Humphrey on failure
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"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."

Edison, Thomas A. on failure
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"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

Edison, Thomas A. on failure
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"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."

Feather, William on failure   

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

Edison, Thomas A. on perseverance
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"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one!"

DeVos, Richard M. on perseverance
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"You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round."

Corbett, James J. on perseverance
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"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

Coolidge, Calvin on perseverance
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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."

Carnegie, Dale on perseverance
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"For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]"

Bible on perseverance
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"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

Andrews, Julie on perseverance
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"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."

Allen, George E. on perseverance
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"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

Buddha on present
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"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."

Buddha on health
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"Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged."

Edison, Thomas A. on perseverance
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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

Edison, Thomas A. on perseverance
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"All great achievements require time."

Schwartz, David J. on perseverance
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"A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits."

Nixon, Richard M. on perseverance
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"I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise."

Lincoln, Abraham on perseverance
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"Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance."

Johnson, Samuel on perseverance
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"Success... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

Hilton, Conrad on perseverance
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"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."

Hill, Napoleon on perseverance
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"The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains."

Hello, Ernest on perseverance   

"Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure."

Eggleston, Edward on perseverance
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"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."

Forbes, B. C. on perseverance
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"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

Gingrich, Newt on perseverance
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