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    And each forgets, as he strips and runs
    With a brilliant, fitful pace,
    It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones
    Who win in the lifelong race.
    And each forgets that his youth has fled,
    Forgets that his prime is past,
    Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead,
    In the glare of the truth at last.

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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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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Failure Quotes,
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. read more

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Failed the bright promise of your early day?

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

by Bishop Reginald Heber Found in: Failure Quotes,
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My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay read more

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod read more

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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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I read more

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

by John D. Rockefeller 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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Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Failure Quotes,
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