Read quote“If you don't love what you do, you'll probably fail.”
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About Failure
Setbacks, mistakes, learning from defeat, and resilience after unsuccessful efforts.
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Words on Failure
Read quote“You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
Read quote“I went into the court with a tactical plan, but in the heat of the moment I’m afraid I forgot all about it.”
Read quote“You win and you lose, and if you don’t know how to lose you don’t know how to live.”
Read quote“O inventamos o erramos.”
Read quote“A regime that has become politically bankrupt.”
Read quote“فإن الأخطاء أحيانًا قد تكون منيرة مثل الإصابات؛ لأنها تفتح كوة على ناحية لم تكن مفتوحة من قبل.”
Read quote“I didn’t do what I could have done and should have done.”
Read quote“I have always been a miner of ore; I have never managed to refine it.”
Read quote“I understand failure completely.”
Read quote“You have failed to fuse together in Ireland the conflicting interests which you found there—the North and the South.”
Read quote“I didn't have enough (rules), and that's where I made my big mistake.”
Read quote“It’s not for lack of trying.”
Read quote“He destroyed the team.”
Read quote“Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.”
Read quote“The factors to decide the winners and the losers lie inside us.”
Read quote“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfil it, or betray it.”
Read quote“The EU is built on the mistakes of Europeans; it is a pragmatic response to our failure to manage the disruptive forces of nationalism and industrialisation.”
Read quote“If I failed then I would at least know I did my best.”
Read quote“Die Sterberate von Hedge-Funds wird sicher noch zunehmen.”
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Quote Stories about Failure
When Desks Learned to Bend
Nera’s first folding desk collapsed under the weight of a single book. Hiding the failure would be easy; inviting others to inspect it would be harder—and far more useful.
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Keep It Low
Vesa returned to competition expecting discipline to do the work. Aru taught her that a partner is not a second pair of hands, but another mind on the court.
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Light Finds a Way Down
A forgotten glass panel, a handful of failed seedlings, and several willing helpers transform Elian’s private project into a reason to keep an old house open.
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