#failure

"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."

"Success unshared is failure."

"Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility of the other."

"Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments."

"I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate."

"Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades."

"I look out into the water and up deep into the stars. I beg the sparkling lanterns of light to cure me of myself — my past and the kaleidoscope of mistakes, failures and wrong turns that have stacked unbearable regret upon my shoulders."

"Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth."

"Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and a desire to experience the incomparable gratification associated with the act of discovery itself."

"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

"When we give ourselves permission to fail..we at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel."

"Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart."

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

"It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life."

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure—not from success."

"Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable."

"Before you were born, and were still too tiny for the human eye to see, you won the race for life from among 250 million competitors. And yet, how fast you have forgotten your strength, when your very existence is proof of your greatness."

"Whatever negative things people think and say about you is enough to bring you down provided you belief that it carries a weight that can push you hard. Don't agree to accept what critics say; be prepared to silence them by doing what they think you can't do!"