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“It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.”
Samuel Smiles quotes (Scottish author, 1812-1904)
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“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”
Andre Malraux quotes (French Historian, Novelist and Statesman, 1901-1976)
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“We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.”
Leo F. Buscaglia quotes (American guru, tireless advocate of the power of love, 1924-1998)
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“Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.”

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“Failure is success if we learn from it.”
Malcolm S. Forbes quotes
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“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
Denis Waitley quotes (American motivational Speaker and Author of self-help books. b.1933)
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“The only failure is not to try.”
George Clooney quotes (American Actor. b.1961,Lexington, Kentucky, USA)
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“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.”
Anne Sullivan quotes (American teacher , 1866-1936)
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“To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying”
David Viscott quotes
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“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Colin Powell quotes (Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93). At present, US Secretary of State, 1937)
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“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
Elbert Hubbard quotes (American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915)
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