Read quote“Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.”
About Failure
Setbacks, mistakes, learning from defeat, and resilience after unsuccessful efforts.
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Words on Failure
Read quote“Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it.”
Read quote“Remember that failure can be overcome as many times as it happens.”
Read quote“I thought of 10 other ideas which weren't any good and went bad. They didn't send me the bill for those, so it evens itself out.”
Read quote“負けた。最後の最後にやられた。これがサッカーだ。”
Read quote“If everything you try works, you aren't trying hard enough.”
Read quote“It’s not a waste of time—to find out what you’re not cut out to be.”
Read quote“Wenn ich ehrlich bin, war ich eigentlich immer der Schlechteste in meiner Klasse.”
Read quote“The chain is as strong as its weakest link.”
Read quote“My whole career is just like a massive mistake.”
Read quote“Research always involves setbacks. If you want to make progress, you have to experiment.”
Read quote“If it’s not going to work on this day, it’s never going to work.”
Read quote“I aimed for the gold. I was very confident that I would win. But when I lost I felt terrible.”
Read quote“Y no hay peor fracaso para un cónsul o un diplomático que el de verlo entregado a proyectos al parecer quiméricos.”
Read quote“Ansonsten bin ich unvollkommen und aus Fehlern zusammengesetzt.”
Read quote“Falling is an opportunity.”
Read quote“A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances.”
Read quote“The Indian Church has failed on the whole to produce a distinctive theology capable of reaching the minds and hearts of the people.”
Read quote“Another is probably not trying. Not trying is one of my biggest fears.”
Read quote“Sajnos, semmit sem lehetett megírni. Szörnyű, de így van. Nem, nem lehetett.”
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