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    Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
    Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
    [Lat., Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno
    Verentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum
    Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.]

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

by Colin Powell Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

by Malcolm Forbes Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

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In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
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In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
As--fail!

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Failure Quotes,
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I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

by Bobby Rahal Found in: Failure Quotes,
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The read more

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

by B. F. Skinner Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.]

by Sextus Propertius Found in: Failure Quotes,
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If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.

If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.

by John Milton Found in: Failure Quotes,
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