Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
How to succeed: Try hard enough. How to fail: Try too hard.
An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.
We are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.
Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Failure is usually the line of least persistence.
You can't expect to win unless you know why you lose.
Most people don't plan to fail they fail to plan.
Failure is not sweet but it need not be bitter.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Disillusion is a natural stage that follows the holding of an illusion.
And what if I did run my ship aground oh still it was splendid to sail it!
Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.
It is not easy but you have to be willing to make mistakes. And the earlier you make those mistakes the better.
Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray?
Better a false belief than no belief at all.
Three failures denotes uncommon strength. A weakling had not enough grit to fail thrice.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life and find solace in fantasy.
All sins cast long shadows.
Cowardice as distinguished from panic is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
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