Read quote“Sajnos, semmit sem lehetett megírni. Szörnyű, de így van. Nem, nem lehetett.”
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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“But you spoilt it all with a smile! My efforts were all useless.”
Read quote“We got the World Cup badly wrong.”
Read quote“Realistically speaking there is no such thing as failure.”
Read quote“Make mistakes, just don’t make them permanent.”
Read quote“Fall forward.”
Read quote“Your value is not placed in whether you win or lose this race.”
Read quote“If my gut tells me I can do something, I'm going to go for it, whether I fail or not.”
Read quote“I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”
Read quote“I’m only human, so there are days that I stumble and I struggle but I never give up, I just always get back up and there’s always a brighter day ahead.”
Read quote“Как Сизиф, тащу камень счастия на гору, хотя он уже бесконечные разы вырывался из рук моих.”
Read quote“The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most.”
Read quote“I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right.”
Read quote“And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it!”
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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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